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Sensitivity calibration & energy response:

,

Our calibration coeff. (inverse of dosimeter A.D. sensitivity)

actuall comprises 2 parts

y

:

) (

) (

) (

) ( det

) ( det

) (

) (

) (

) ( ,

QbqkQf

QM

Q D

Q D

QwD

QM

QwD

QwADN

we define the

absorbed dose energy dependence

of the detector as the ratio

of dose to water per unit dose to the detector at a given beam quality,

) (

) (

) (

det

Q D

QD Qf

w

We define the

intrinsic energy dependence

of the detector as the ratio of dose

required to be absorbed to produce a unit signal

) (

) (

) (

det

QM

Q D Q k

bq