Theory of heavy charged particle thermoluminescence response: the extended track interaction model.

The theory of heavy charged particle TL response is described in the framework of the extended track interaction model (ETIM) which includes an enhanced understanding of the role/parameters of the individual track (i.e. the track structure) which influence the track interaction effects, a more sophisticated treatment of track interaction effects as well as a revised analytical treatment of saturation effects based on knowledge of the dose-filling constants of the TCs and LCs.