Heavy Ion Tracks in Lithium Fluoride Crystal (IMAGE)

The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences

Heavy Ion Tracks in Lithium Fluoride Crystal

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Tracks of heavy ions 'imprinted' in lithium fluoride crystals. At the top, spot tracks observed under a fluorescence microscope in plates perpendicular to the heavy ion beam. At the bottom, the ion tracks in the parallel oriented plate (the blurring at both ends of the trace is an artifact of the depth of focus of the microscope). Artificial colors.

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Source: IFJ PAN

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