Thermoluminescence glow-curve deconvolution (GCD) functions are proposed for first, second and general orders of kinetics. The free parameters of the GCD functions are the maximum peak intensity and the maximum peak temperature , which can be obtained experimentally. The activation energy (E) and the order of kinetics (b) in the case of general order kinetics are the additional free parameters.

Temperature lags between the heating element and the sample are known to exists during a thermoluminescence measurement. The experimental difficulties associated with the temperature lag can be quite serious, when one wants to extract physical information from the glow curves, because it is obviously essential to know the sample's temperature rather than that of the heating element. In the present work approximate relations to estimate the temperature lag between the heating element and the dosemeter and the effective heating rate across the sample are proposed. Preliminary experimental tests of the proposed equations are performed on LiF:Mg, Ti and and on data taken from the literature.

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Heavy, barytes loaded, concrete is commonly used as shielding material around high energy particle accelerators. Samples of such material were taken from the shielding wall of the CERN 600 MeV synchrocyclotron to study its thermoluminescence response and subsequently to estimate the correct order of magnitude of the dose received by the wall during the 34 years of its operation. The method shown in this paper is of interest to reconstruct the dose distribution inside, e.g. accelerator areas, for the purpose of material damage studies.

A simplified scheme for the provision of antiprotons at 100 MeV/c based on fast extraction is described. The scheme uses the existing p production target area and the modified Antiproton Collector Ring in their current location. The physics programme is largely based on capturing and storing antiprotons in Penning traps for the production and spectroscopy of antihydrogen. The machine modifications necessary to deliver batches of 1 u 10 7 p /min at 100 MeV/c are described. Details of the machine layout and the experimental area in the existing AAC Hall are given.