GENERAL REFERENCES:
NUMERICAL MODELS IN THERMOLUMINESCENCE

1. THE OTOR AND IMTS MODELS

BOOKS:
Chen, R. and McKeever, S.W.S. 1997.
Theory of thermoluminescence and related phenomena.
World Scientific, Singapore, Chapters 1 and 2.

Aitken, M.J. 1985
Thermoluminescence Dating
(London: Academic)

McKeever, S.W.S. 1985
Thermoluminescence of solids
Cambridge University press.

JOURNAL REVIEW ARTICLE:
McKeever, S.W.S., and Chen, R. (1997)
Luminescence models
Radiat. Meas. 27, p. 625-661.
This article provides an overview of several simple and complex Thermoluminecence models.

JOURNAL ARTICLES:
C M Sunta, W E F Ayta, J F D Chubaci and S Watanabe, 2001.
A critical look at the kinetic models of thermoluminescence: I. First-order kinetics.
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 34, No 17, p. 2690-2698.

C M Sunta, W E F Ayta, R N Kulkami, T M Piters and S Watanabe, 1999.
Theoretical models of thermoluminescence and their relevance in experimental work.
Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 84, p.25-8.

C M Sunta, W E F Ayta, R N Kulkami, T M Piters and S Watanabe, 1997.
General order kinetics of thermoluminescence and its physical meaning.
J.Phys.D: Appl.Phys. 30, p.1234-1242.

Sunta, C.M., Feria, Ayta W.E., Piters, T.M., Watanabe, S., 1999.
Limitation of peak fitting and peak shape methods for determination of activation energy of thermoluminescence glow peaks.
Radiat. Meas. 30, 197 - 201.

2. NUMERICAL MODELS FOR QUARTZ- THE ZIMMERMAN MODEL

JOURNAL REVIEW ARTICLE:
Bailey, R.M., 2001.
Towards a General Kinetic Model for Optically and Thermally Stimulated Luminescence in Quartz.
Radiat. Meas. 33, 17-45.

JOURNAL ARTICLES:
Zimmerman, J.
The Radiation induced increase of the 100 ^oC TL sensitivity of fired quartz, 1971.
J. Phys. C: Solid State Phys. 4, 3265-3276.
This article describes the pioneer work on the Zimmerman predose model.

Bailiff, I.K. (1994)
The pre-dose technique.
Radiat. Measurements 23, 471-479.

Chen, R. and Leung, P.L., 1998.
Processes of sensitization of thermoluminescence in insulators.
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 31, 2628-2635.
This paper and the one below describe a numerical simulation of the Zimmerman predose model.

Chen, R. and Leung, P.L., 1999.
Modeling the pre-dose effect in thermoluminescence.
Rad. Prot. Dosimetry, 84, 43-46.

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