Geant4 simulations for sedimentary grains in infinite matrix conditions: The case of alpha dosimetry

Agostinelli, 2003, Geant4 – a simulation toolkit, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A, 506, 250, 10.1016/S0168-9002(03)01368-8 Aitken, 1975, Thermoluminescent dating: assessment of alpha contribution, Archaeometry, 17, 132, 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1975.tb00127.x Aitken, 1985, 378 Aitken, 1987, Alpha dose to a thin layer, Anc. TL, 5, 1 Allison, 2006, Geant4 developments and applications, IEEE Transact. Nucl. Sci., 53, 270, 10.1109/TNS.2006.869826 Baró, 1995, “PENELOPE”: an algorithm for Monte Carlo simulation of the penetration and energy loss of electrons and positrons in matter, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. B, 100, 31, 10.1016/0168-583X(95)00349-5 Bell, 1978, The effect of HF acid etching on the morphology of quartz inclusions for thermoluminescence dating, Archaeometry, 20, 63, 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1978.tb00213.x Bell, 1980, Alpha dose attenuation in quartz grain for thermoluminescence dating, Anc. TL, 12, 4 Bowman, 1976 Bowman, 1984, A new proposal for the expression of alpha efficiency in TL dating, Anc. TL, 2, 6 Brennan, 1989, Ranges of alpha particles in various media, Anc. TL, 7, 32 Brennan, 1991, Attenuation of alpha particle track dose for spherical grains, Nucl. Tracks Radiat. Meas., 18, 249, 10.1016/1359-0189(91)90119-3 Brennan, 2006, Variation of the alpha dose rate to grains in heterogeneous sediment, Radiat. Meas., 41, 1026, 10.1016/j.radmeas.2006.05.011 Elbast, 2012, Microdosimetry of alpha particles for simple and 3D voxelised geometries using MCNPX and Geant4 Monte Carlo codes, Radiat. Prot. Dosim., 150, 342, 10.1093/rpd/ncr401 Guérin, 2012, On the use of the infinite matrix assumption and associated concepts: a critical Review, Radiat. Meas., 47, 778, 10.1016/j.radmeas.2012.04.004 Ivantchenko, 2011, Recent improvements in Geant4 electromagnetic physics models and interfaces, Prog. Nucl. Sci. Technol., 2, 898, 10.15669/pnst.2.898 Lyons, 1989, Alpha-particle effectiveness in ESR dating: energy dependance and implications for dose rate calculation, Appl. Radiat. Isot., 40, 1063, 10.1016/0883-2889(89)90041-5 Sempau, 2003, Experimental benchmarks of the Monte Carlo code PENELOPE, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. B, 207, 107, 10.1016/S0168-583X(03)00453-1 Zimmerman, 1971, Thermoluminescent dating using fine grains from pottery, Archaeometry, 10, 26, 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1967.tb00610.x