Determination of an Absorbed Radiation Dose by the EPR Method from the Concentration of the Centers Produced

A method to determine the absorbed radiation dose that is based on the spin-resonance dosimetry is suggested. It rests on the fact that under irradiation additional centers that absorb UHF radiation are generated in substance. This leads to a change in the time of longitudinal relaxation of a Zeeman subsystem and dipole-dipole reservoir as well as in the time of transverse relaxation because of the dipole-dipole interaction, which in turn causes a change in the shape of the line and in the saturation parameter. It is possible to determine the minimum absorbed dose at which the minimum deformation of the shape of the line is registered. A method is also suggested to determine an absorbed dose in the absence of absorbing centers in the substance before irradiation. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 72, No. 3, pp. 335–338, May–June, 2005.