Minerals are solid state nuclear track detectors—nuclear recoils in a mineral leave latent
damage to the crystal structure. Depending on the mineral and its temperature, the damage …

Tracks produced by swift heavy ions in ceramics are of interest for fundamental science as
well as for applications covering different fields such as nanotechnology or fission-track …

Abstract Swift heavy ion (2 GeV 181 Ta) irradiation-induced amorphization and temperature-
induced recrystallization of cubic pyrochlore Gd 2 Ti 2 O 7 (Fd 3¯ m) are compared with the …

This chapter reviews the evolving state of knowledge concerning fission-track (FT)
annealing, primarily in apatite and zircon, based on theory, experiments, and geological …

Apatite fission track (AFT) analyses for granitoid and metamorphic bedrock samples from the
Western Superior Province (Ontario), the Churchill-Rae Province (Melville Peninsula and …

Understanding the mechanisms of damage formation in materials irradiated with energetic
ions is essential for the field of ion-beam materials modification and engineering. Utilizing …

The morphology of swift heavy ion tracks in crystalline α-quartz was investigated using small
angle x-ray scattering (SAXS), molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and transmission …

Recent efforts to characterize the nanoscale structural and chemical modifications induced
by energetic ion irradiation in nuclear materials have greatly benefited from the application …

The annealing kinetics of the high energy ion damage in amorphous silicon dioxide (a-SiO
2) are still not well understood, despite the material's widespread application in material …

The methods of fission-track (FT) thermochronology, based on a combination of the external
detector method, zeta calibration against independent age standards and measurements of …