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    Detection of proton tracks with LiF fluorescent nuclear track detectors
    (Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, 2024-03-11) Bilski, Paweł; Sankowska, Małgorzata; Marczewska, Barbara; Kilian, Anna; Swakoń, Jan; Siketic, Zdravko; Olko, Paweł
    Fluorescent nuclear track detectors based on LiF crystals were successfully applied for detection of proton induced tracks. Irradiations were performed with protons with energy ranging from 1 MeV up to about 56 MeV and for all proton energies the fluorescent tracks were observed. The tracks are not continuous, but consist of a series of bright spots. The gaps between spots tend to narrow with decreasing proton energy (increasing ionization density). For the highest of the studied energies, the spots are scattered so sparsely, that it is not possible to link spots belonging to one track. The intensity (brightness) of the fluorescent tracks increases with the increasing LET and agrees well with the trend established earlier for various heavier ions. The data provided are: 1) Set of raw images registered for LiF crystals after irradiation with protons with energy ranging from 6.4 MeV to 56.3 MeV, together with metadata. 2) Numerical data on the relationship between the LET of protons and the recorded track intensity, as well as the number of recorded tracks (fraction of detected protons). Data were used in the paper: Bilski, P., Marczewska, B., Sankowska, M., Kilian, A., Swakoń, J., Siketić, Z., Olko, P., Detection of proton tracks with LiF fluorescent nuclear track detectors, Radiation Measurements (2024), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2024.107083. This work was funded by the National Science Centre, Poland (grant No 2020/39/B/ST9/00459).