Determination of track’s radiuses of heavy charged particles in alkali halide crystals

Abstract

A new approach to the estimation of track radius of heavy charged particle by the relationship investigation of simple and complex color centers in ionic crystals induced by ions and electrons stream from high-current accelerators is described. Track radius of krypton ion accelerated up to 117MeV in LiF crystal was estimated. Obtained value of the track corresponds to the known value estimated by other methods.