Prof. Fleischer publishes on fission tracks

Robert L. Fleischer, research professor of geology, wrote an article "Fission Tracks in Solids – Production Mechanisms and Natural Origins" in the June 15, 2004 issue of the Journal of Materials Science. It describes how energetic nuclear particles cause radiation-damage tracks in solids by producing atomic disordering. Fleischer also gave a talk, "Etched Tracks and Serendipitous Dosimetry," at the 14th International Conference on Solid State Dosimetry held at New Haven. Co-authors were Sekyung Chang, Jeremy Farrell, Rachel C. Herrmann,  Jonathan MacDonald, and Marek Zalesky and Robert H. Doremus of Rensselaer. The talk described retrospective personal dosimetry using etched-track methods.