a Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980, Dubna, Russia
b Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung, Planckstr. 1, 64291, Darmstadt, Germany
Abstract:
The structure of latent tracks in polyethylene terephthalate is studied using chemical etching combined with a conductometric technique. Geometrical parameters of the latent tracks for the range of the electronic energy loss (dE/dx) between 3 to 24 keV/nm are estimated. The dependence of the track core and track halo size on the energy loss is analyzed.