RE: Exoelectron dosimeters

[paul.l.ziemer.1@purdue.edu]

In response to Diane Elmer's question about exoelectron 

dosimetry (also referred to as thermally stimulated exoelectron 

dosimetry or TSEE dosimetry), there appears to be very little on 

the subject in recent texts.  However, the 1979 text by Geoffrey 

Eichholz and John Poston ("Principles of Nuclear Radiation 

Detection", Ann Arbor Science Publishers, Inc.) has a section on 

this topic that provides a good overview.  Incidentally, 

Eichholz and Poston give the useful exposure range as being 

about 9 orders of magnitude from micro R to hundreds of R.  

Although there was a lot in interest in TSEE through the 1970's 

( and continuing to some extent event up to the present) much of 

the early work on this subject was done by Kramer in the late 

1920's and early 1930's.  The phenomenon that is involved 

(exoelectron emission) is sometimes referred to as the Kramer 

effect.

Best regards, 

Paul Ziemer
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