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Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2004 110(1-4):759-762; doi:10.1093/rpd/nch177
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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Vol. 110 Nos. 1-4 © Oxford University Press 2004; all rights reserved

Dose equivalent measurements in a strongly pulsed high-energy radiation field

S. Mayer1,*, N. Golnik2, J. E. Kyllönen3, H. G. Menzel1 and Th. Otto1

1 CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
2 Institute of Precision and Biomedical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Chodkiewicza 8, PL-02-525 Warsaw, Poland
3 Swedish Radiation Protection Authority, SE-171 16, Sweden

* Corresponding author: sabine.mayer{at}cern.ch

The stray radiation field outside the shielding of high-energy accelerators comprises neutrons, photons and charged particles with a wide range of energies. Often, accelerators operate by accelerating and ejecting short pulses of particles, creating an analogue, pulsed radiation field. The pulses can be as short as 10 µs with high instantaneous fluence rates and dose rates. Measurements of average dose equivalent (rate) for radiation protection purposes in these fields present a challenge for instrumentation. The performance of three instruments (i.e. a recombination chamber, the Sievert Instrument and a HANDI-TEPC) measuring total dose equivalent is compared in a high-energy reference radiation field (CERF) and a strongly pulsed, high-energy radiation field at the CERN proton synchrotron (PS).


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