@article{abfd668d40f64d5fab3a8cd6d7e042c7,
title = "Application of the optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) technique in space dosimetry",
abstract = "This paper reviews the state of the optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) technique for space dosimetry applications, focusing on the properties of carbon-doped aluminum oxide (Al2O3:C). New data presented include the most complete and recent values for the relative efficiency ηHCP, γ for heavy charged particles as a function of the incident radiation's linear energy transfer (LET), obtained through ground-based experiments at heavy ion accelerators. We also discuss the factors influencing the OSL efficiencies, the LET-dependent properties of Al2O3:C, and the experience gained from past space experiments using Al2O3:C. The characterization of the OSL efficiency values as a function of LET allows the use of the OSL of Al2O3:C in combination with plastic nuclear track detectors for personal dosimetry of astronauts, as proposed by the NCRP Report 142.",
author = "Yukihara, {E. G.} and Sawakuchi, {G. O.} and S. Guduru and McKeever, {S. W.S.} and R. Gaza and Benton, {E. R.} and N. Yasuda and Y. Uchihori and H. Kitamura",
note = "Funding Information: We would like to thank the many collaborators who contributed to the OSL research in space dosimetry: Chris Soares, Michael Moyers, Greg Nelson, Adam Rusek, Thomas Berger, Michael Hajek, Gunter Reitz, Filip Vanhavere, Olivier Goossens, and Mark Akselrod. We wish to thank the staff of the NIRS-HIMAC, the BNL NSRL, and the LLUMC proton therapy facility for the beam time and their help in making the accelerator irradiations. We also thank Landauer Inc. for providing the dosimeters used in this study. Some of the experiments were performed as part of the ICCHIBAN international inter-comparison project using Heavy Ions at NIRS-HIMAC. This research was partly supported by NASA contract NAG9-1332 and by funds from the Department of Physics, College of Arts and Science, and Central Administration of the Oklahoma State University.",
year = "2006",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1016/j.radmeas.2006.05.027",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "41",
pages = "1126--1135",
journal = "Radiation Measurements",
issn = "1350-4487",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "9-10",
}