CONTENTS OF VOLUME 60 Numbers 1-2 J. Hubbell and A. Miller 1 Editorial 2 Curriculum Vitae of Prof. Laszl6 Wojnarovits RADIATION PHYSICS Mahmoud |. Abbas A direct mathematical method to calculate the efficiencies of a parallele- piped detector for an arbitrarily positioned point source E. Tirasoglu, U. Cevik, B. Ertugral,Y . Atalay Measurements of L;, L,, L,, Lg and L, X-ray fluorescence cross-sections and A. |. Kopya in 70<Z<92 elements excited by 59.543 keV photons A. B. Hallak Effect of fluorescence and Coster—Kronig yields on L X-ray emission cross-sections by impact of 2 MeV *He?* ions Technical notes L. Gerward, N. Guilbert, K. Bjorn Jensen X-ray absorption in matter. Reengineering XCOM and H. Levring O. Kabadayi and H. Giimiis Calculation of average projected range and range straggling of charged particles in solids Book review RADIATION CHEMISTRY F. Z. Cui,Y . B. Lin, D. M. Zhang and M. B.T ian 35 Irradiation effects on secondary structure of protein induced by keV ions M. C. R. Symons 39 Hole centres in mangesium oxide MaurizioTamba and ArmidaTorreggiani 43 Physico-chemical and biological properties of ambroxol under irradiation Norihiko Fujita, Chihiro Matsuura 53 Radiation-induced preferential dissolution of specific planes of carbon and Kazuhiko Saigo steel in high-temperature water D. B. Naik, G. R. Dey, P. Dwibedy and K. Kishore Pulse radiolysis studies on 8-hydroxyquinoline 5-sulphonic acid in aqueous solutions Letter to the editor RADIATION PROCESSING Guillermina Burillo, Martha Galicia, 73 Crosslinking of recycled polyethylene by gamma irradiation in the Maria del Pilar Carreon, Margarito Vazquez presence of sensitizers and Esbaide Adem Phil Hyun Kang and Young Chang Nho The effect of »-irradiation on ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene recrystallized under different cooling conditions V. Svoréik,V .H natowicz, P. Stopka, L. Bacakova, Amino acids grafting of Ar* ions modified PE J. Heitz, R. Ochsner and H. Ryssel Akihiro Oshima, Akira Udagawa Radiation processing for carbon fiber-reinforced polytetrafluoroethylene and Yousuke Morita composite materials B.Whittaker and M.F.Watts The influence of dose rate, ambient temperature and time on the radiation response of Harwell PMMA dosimeters Julian J. Murphy and Richard G. Jones Application of the Charlesby model to the radiation-induced chain reaction cross-linking of oxirane functionalised polymers Vil Vill Contents of Volume 60 | Radiation Physics and Chemistry 62 (2001) VII-XXIV Todd M. Alam, Mat Celina, RogerA . Assink, 121 O NMR investigation of oxidative degradation in polymers under Roger L. Clough and KennethT. Gillen y-irradiation Mohd. Hilmi Mahmood, Zahid Abdullah, 129 Effects of monomers on the properties of palm-oil-based radiation Yasuo Sakurai, Khairul Zaman curable pressure sensitive adhesives (PSA) — a prepolymer method and Hj. Mohd. Dahlan Wang Jinhua, Fumio Yoshii and Keizo Makuuchi Radiation vulcanization of ethylene—propylene rubber with polyfunc- tional monomers Technical note M.A. Ghelawi, J.S. Moore, R.H. Bisby 143 Estimation of absorbed dose in irradiated dates (Phoenix dactylifera L.). and N.J.F. Dodd Test of ESR response function by a weighted linear least-squares regression analysis Number 3 RADIATION PHYSICS F. Alouani-Bibi, V. T. Lazurik, Yu. V. Rogov 151 Charge-deposition in two-layer systems irradiated by electrons and T. Tabata Technical note Chuck D. Harmon, Wayne H. Smith 157 Criticality calculations for plutonium metal at room temperature in ionic and David A. Costa liquid solutions Letter to the editor 161 A database for electron—material interactions RADIATION CHEMISTRY Jin-Ling Miao, Wen-Feng Wang, Jing-Xi Pan, 163 The scavenging reactions of nitrogen dioxide radical and carbonate Chang-Yuan Lu, Rong-Qun Li and Si-De Yao radical by tea polyphenol derivatives: a pulse radiolysis study E. Kalecinska, J. Kalecinski and M. Krowicka 169 The influence of radiation on RhiIll) tetrasulfophthalocyanine in water—alcohol solutions G. R. Dey, D. B. Naik, P. Dwibedy and K. Kishore 173 Kinetic and spectral properties of intermediates formed during pulse radiolysis of 2,6 -pyridinedicarbonyl dichloride in aqueous solutions RADIATION PROCESSING E. M. EL-Bazza Zeinab, A. Farrag Hala, 181 Inhibitory effect of gamma radiation and Nigella sativa seeds oil on E. D. Z. EL-Fouly Mohie and growth, spore germination and toxin production of fungi Y. M. EL-Tablawy Seham Nicola D. Yordanov and Boryana Mladenova EPR studies on gamma-irradiated snails hard tissues M. S. Adeil Pietranera and P. Narvaiz Examination of some protective conditions on_ technological properties of irradiated food grade polysaccharides D. Saraydin, E. Karadag,Y . Caldiran and O. Giiven Nicotine-selective radiation-induced poly(acrylamide/maleic acid) hydrogels R. F. Zaykina,Yu . A. Zaykin, T. B.M amonova Radiation-thermal processing of high-viscous oil from Karazhanbas and N. K. Nadirov field Il. Medina Rojas and M. J. Thomson High-temperature radiation-induced removal of gaseous air pollutants Bahattin Aydinli and Teoman Tincer Radiation grafting of various water-soluble monomers on ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene powder: Part |. Grafting conditions and grafting yield Contents of Volume 60 | Radiation Physics and Chemistry 62 (2001) VII-XXIV Numbers 4—5 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PROSPECTS FOR APPLICATION OF RADIATION TOWARDS THE 21ST CENTURY 245 Preface Yoneho Tabata 247 Welcome and opening address ION BEAM APPLICATION Jay A. LaVerne, Z. Chang and M.S. Araos 253 Heavy ion radiolysis of organic materials Shin-ichi Ohno, Katsutoshi Furukawa, 259 ~~ An ion-track structure model based on experimental measurements Mitsumasa Taguchi, Takuji Kojima and its application to calculate radiolysis yields and Hiroshi Watanabe Mitsumasa Taguchi, Kazuki Hayano, Yujie Xu, Yields of tyrosines in the radiolysis of aqueous phenylalanine Masahiro Moriyama, Yasuhiko Kobayashi, solutions by energetic heavy ions Hiroshi Hiratsuka and Shin-Ichi Ohno Toshio Hirao, Hisayoshi Itoh, Sohei Okada Studies of single-event transient current induced in GaAs and Si and Isamu Nashiyama diodes by energetic heavy ions Hidenobu Mori, Toshio Hirao, Shinobu Onoda, Profiling of collimated swift ion microbeam using 16 M bit DRAM Hisayoshi Itoh, Sohei Okada, Tsuyoshi Okamoto and Yoshiharu Koizumi Hiromi Shibata, Koichi Kobayashi, Takeo Iwai, Microparticle acceleration by a Van de Graaff accelerator and Yoshimi Hamabe, Sho Sasaki, apfpilLtion to space and material sciences Sunao Hasegawa, Hajime Yano, Akira Fujiwara, Hideo Ohashi, Toru Kawamura and Ken-ichi Nogami PRIMARY PROCESSES (1) Fundamental Physics Mitio Inokuti 283 Scientific legacy of Robert L. Platzman. Preliminary report Norio Saito and Isao H. Suzuki 291 Photon W-value forA r in the sub-keV X-ray region V. M. Byakov, S.V. Stepanov and O.P. Stepanova 297 Role of ionizing radiation in the natural history of the Earth (2) Ultrafast Processes Mitsuru Uesaka, Takahiro Watanabe, 303 Hundreds- and tens-femtosecond time-resolved pump-and-probe Tetsuya KobayashiTo,r u Ueda, Koji Yoshii, analysis system Guozhong Wu, Xifeng Li, Yusa Muroya, Jun Sugahara, Kenichi Kinosita, Nasr Hafs, Hiroyuki Okuda, Teppei Nishihara, Yohei Terada, Kazuhisa Nakajima and Yosuke Katsumura Y. MuroT.y Waatan,abe , G. Wu, X. Li,T .K obayashi, Design and development of a sub-picosecond pulse radiolysis J. Sugahara,T . Ueda, K. Yoshii, M. Vesaka system andY . Katsumura Y. Yoshida,Y . Mizutani, T.K ozawa, A. Saeki, Development of laser-synchronized picosecond pulse radiolysis S. Seki, S. Tagawa and K. Ushida system Akinori Saeki, Takahiro Kozawa, Yoichi Yoshida Study on geminate ion recombination in liquid dodecane using and Seiichi Tagawa pico- and subpicosecond pulse radiolysis xX Contents of Volume 60 | Radiation Physics and Chemistry 62 (2001) VII-XXIV (3) Kinetics Rolf E. Buhler | Drastic differences in geminate ion kinetics, dependent on anion lifetimes Takashi Sumiyoshi, Shohei Ueta 331 Kinetics and mechanism of reactions of 9-xanthenyl and 9-thiox- and Sadashi Sawamura anthenyl radicals in halocarbons L. Wojnarovits, E. Takacs, K. Dajka, 337 Pulse radiolysis of acrylamide derivatives in dilute aqueous solution M. D’Angelantonio and S.S. Emmi Xifeng Li, Zhongli Cai, Yosuke Katsumura, 345 Reactions of reducing and oxidizing radicals with caffeic acid: a pulse Guozhong Wu and Yusa Muroya radiolysis and theoretical study Nikola Getoff 351 Cytostatica efficiency enhancement by vitamins C, E and B-carotene under irradiation. State of the art N. Barbarin and B. Tilquin 359 Study of nonvolatile degradation compounds produced by radio sterilization of cefotaxime Ryuji Nagaishi 369 A model for radiolysis of nitric acid and its application to the radiation chemistry of uranium ion in nitric acid medium Shinobu Onoda, Hidenobu Mori, 377 Investigation of radiation degradation of Si and GaAlAs optical Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Toshio Hirao, devices due to gamma-ray and electron irradiation Hisayoshi Itoh and Sohei Okada PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS Tetsuo Miyazaki, Jun Kumagai 381 Controlling factors of tunneling reactions in solid hydrogen at very low and Takayuki Kumada temperature Kenzo Hiraoka and Tetsuya Sato 389 Laboratory simulation of tunneling reactions in interstellar ices Guozhong Wu, Yosuke Katsumura, 395 Pulse radiolysis of high temperature and supercritical water: experi- Yusa Muroya, Xifeng Li and Yohei Terada mental setup and e,, observation Kenji Takahashi, Nada M. Dimitrijevic, 399 Temperature effect on spectrum of solvated electron formed in a David M. Bartels and Charles D. Jonah mixture of supercritical ethane S.C. Chemerisov, D.W.Werst and A.D. Trifunac 405 Formation, trapping and kinetics of H atoms in wet zeolites and mesoporous silica POLYMERIC SYSTEMS S. Seki,Y .Y oshida and S. Tagawa 411 Radical anions of polysilane derivatives studied by pulse radiolysis K. Okamoto,T . Kozawa,Y . Yoshida and S. Tagawa 417 Study on intermediate species of polystyrene by using pulse radiolysis John M.Warman, Matthijs P. de Haas, Laurens 423 The anisotropy of charge transport in pulse-irradiated polymers: from D.A. Siebbeles, Andries Hummel, Romano polyethylene to polydeoxyribonucleic acid J.O.M. Hoofman and Gerald P. van der Laan Hideo Ohkita, Hironori Ishii, Takeo Ogi, 427 Spatial distribution of electrons ejected by two-photon excitation of Shinzaburo Ito and Masahide Yamamoto aromatic molecules in polymer systems Mark S. Frahn, John M.Warman, Ruben D. Abellon 433 Monitoring the radiation-induced bulk polymerisation of methyl and Leonard H. Luthjens methacrylate with /V- (1-pyrene) maleimide J.S. Forsythe, D. J. T. Hill, S. Mohajerani 439 Solid state ‘°F NMR determination of new structure formation in FEP and A.K. Whittaker following radiolysis at 300 and 363 K Sun Jia Zhen 445 The effect of chain flexibility and chain mobility on radiation cross- linking of polymers Ajit Singh 453 Irradiation of polymer blends containing a polyolefin Kensaku Maeda, Shu Seki, Seiichi Tagawa 461 Radiation effects on branching polysilanes and Hiromi Shibata Akihiro Oshima, Akira Udagawa 467 Application of radiation-crosslinked polytetrafluoroethylene to and Yousuke Morita fiber-reinforced composite materials Contents of Volume 60 | Radiation Physics and Chemistry 62 (2001) VII-XXIV XI Kwang-Pill Lee, Hae-Jeong Kang, 473 Adsorption behavior of Urokinase by the polypropylene film with Duck-Lae Joo and Seong-Ho Choi amine, hydroxylamine and polyol groups Akira Idesaki, Masaki Narisawa, 483 = Application of electron beam curing for silicon carbide fiber synthesis Kiyohito Okamura, Masaki Sugimoto, from blend polymer of polycarbosilane and polyvinylsilane Yousuke Morita, Tadao Seguchi and Masayoshi Itoh Satoshi Shukushima, Hiroshi Hayami, Modification of radiation cross-linked polypropylene Tomohito Ito and Sei-ichi Nishimoto Seong-Ho Choi, Hae-Jeong Kang, Electrochemical properties of polyolefin nonwoven fabric modified Eun-Nyoung Ryu and Kwang-Pill Lee with carboxylic acid group for battery separator Seong-Ho Choi, Young Han Jeong, Desalination by electrodialysis with the ion-exchange membrane Jae Jeong Ryoo and Kwang-Pill Lee prepared by radiation-induced graft polymerization Isao Kaetsu, Hiroshi Nakayama, Radiation curing of intelligent coating on biofunctional membranes Kumao Uchida and Kouichi Sutani PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF EXOTIC PARTICLES Y. Miyake, K. Shimomura, S. Makimura, 521 Ultra-slow muon generation by laser resonant ionization towards the Y. Matsuda, P. Bakule, R. J. Scheuermann 21st century and K. Nagamine Masaki Maekawa, Masakazu Kondo, Development of pulsed MeV positron beam line Sohei Okada, Atsuo Kawasuso and Hisayoshi Itoh M. Tashiro,Y . Honda,T .Y amaguchi, P. K. Pujari, Development of a short-pulsed slow positron beam for application to N. Kimura,T . Kozawa, G. lsoyama polymer films and S. Tagawa Takenori Suzuki, Kenjiro Kondo, Eisaku Hamada, Temperature and radiation effects on positronium formation Zhi Quan Chen and Yasuo Ito Tetsuya Hirade and Takayuki Kumada The effect of y-irradiation on positronium formation in polyethylene C.L. Wang, Y. Kobayashi, K. Hirata, R. Suzuki, Nanometer-scale voids in PECVD silicon-oxide films probed by T. Ohdaira andT. Mikado variable-energy positron lifetime spectroscopy: A comparison with infrared spectroscopy Number 6 RADIATION PHYSICS Ivan Michieli 551 Some properties of generalized secant integrals: extended definition and recurrence relations N.Govinda Nayak, Gerald Pinto and K. Siddappa 555 Incoherent scattering of 59.54 keV y-rays at small momentum transfers Book review 565 RADIATION CHEMISTRY Mamed Mustafaev, Seval Bayilken, Erhan Ergen, 567 Radiation-induced formation of polyacrylic acid—protein covalent A. Yimaz Erkol and Nesrin Ardagil conjugates J.C. Wren and J.M. Ball 577 LIRIC 3.2 an updated model for iodine behaviour in the presence of organic impurities XII Contents of Volume 60 | Radiation Physics and Chemistry 62 (2001) VII-XXIV Annaluisa Fantola-Lazzarini and Ennio Lazzarini 597 Electron delocalization of metal electrons in Fe" complexes by positronium spin conversion reactions RADIATION PROCESSING Mohd. Abdul Malek, Abdullah Renreng 603 Mechanistic model for bond scission in a polymeric system by and Chon Sing Chong radiation John S. Forsythe, David J.T. Hill and 609 The use of NMR for determination of new structures in irradiated A.K. Whittaker TFE/PMVE fluoropolymers John Hendri, Akihiro Hiroki, Yasunari Maekawa, 617 Permeability control of metal ions using temperature- and pH-sensi- Masaru Yoshida and Ryoichi Katakai tive gel membranes Lu Jun, Li Jun, ¥i Min and Ha Hongfei 625 Solvent effect on grafting polymerization of NIPAAm onto cotton cellulose via y-preirradiation method Wenfei Dong, Guangxin Chen and Wanxi Zhang 629 Radiation effects on the immiscible polymer blend of nylon1010 and high-impact strength polystyrene (Il): mechanical properties and morphology Li Yeping, Fang Yue-E, Fan Rong and Xing Jinyun 637 Study of plasma-polymerization deposition of C2H2/CO2/H»2 onto ethylene-co-propylene rubber membranes Guozhong Wu, Yosuke Katsumura, 643 A pulse radiolysis study of oil/water microemulsions Norihisa Chitose and Zhihua Zuo Erratum 651 Contents of Volume 61 | Radiation Physics and Chemistry 62 (2001) VII-XXIV CONTENTS OF VOLUME 61 Number 1 RADIATION PHYSICS C. Selvaraju, A. S. Bhullar and K. K. Sud DWBA differential and total pair production cross sections for intermediate energy photons Ridvan Durak and Yuksel Ozdemir Measurement of K-shell fluorescence cross-sections and yields of 14 elements in the atomic number range 25<Z<47 using photo- ionization RADIATION CHEMISTRY A. Jowko, K.Wnorowski, J. Kowalczyk 27 Kinetics of the OH radical formation in pulse radiolysis of Ar-H2O and K. Wojciechowski gaseous mixtures Cornelia Kammerer and Nikola Getoff 35 Cytostatic action of aspirin and its effect on mitomycin C activity. A study in vitro under irradiation RADIATION PROCESSING Cheorun Jo, Dong Uk Ahn and Myung Woo Byun 41 Lipid oxidation and volatile production in irradiated raw pork batters prepared with commercial soybean oil containing vitamin E Kouichi Sutani, lsao Kaetsu and Kumao Uchida 49 The synthesis and the electric-responsiveness of hydrogels entrapping natural polyelectrolyte B. L. Gupta, G. R. Narayan, S. R. Nilekani 55 Irradiation temperature effect on glutamine (spectrophotometric and R. M. Bhat readout) dosimeter Yonghong Ni, Xuewu Ge, Huarong Liu, 61 y-lrradiation preparation of CdS nano-particles and their formation Xiangling Xu and Zhicheng Zhang mechanism in non-water system Chen Yanfeng and Yi Min 65 Swelling kinetics and stimuli-responsiveness of poly(DMAEMA) hydrogels prepared by UV-irradiation Liu Ning, Yi Min, Zhai Maolin, Li Jiuqiang 69 Radiation synthesis and characterization of poly DMAEMA hydrogel and Ha Hongfei Myong-Goo Lee and Young Chang Nho 75 Electrical resistivity of carbon black-filled high-density polyethylene (HDPE) composite containing radiation crosslinked HDPE particles A. K. Pikaev, A.V. Ponomarev, A.V . Bludenko, 81 Combined electron-beam and coagulation purification of molasses V. N. Minin and L. M. Elizar’eva distillery slops. Features of the method, technical and economic evaluation of large-scale facility Huarong Liu, Xuewu Ge, Yonghong Ni, Synthesis and characterization of polyacrylonitrile-silver nano- Qiang Ye and Zhicheng Zhang composites by )-irradiation Number 2 RADIATION PHYSICS Xiao-yan Liu, Gui-qin Li, Xue-shen Liu, 93 Gauss numerical inversion for use in computing the radiation field from Ying-kui Mu,Y iW ang and Pei-zhu Ding a cylindrically symmetric radiation source G. Dattoli, A.M . Mancho, M. Quattromini 99 Exponential operators, generalized polynomials and _ evolution and A. Torre problems RADIATION CHEMISTRY T. Lundstré6m, H. Christensen and K. Sehested 109 The reaction of hydrogen atoms with hydrogen peroxide as a function of temperature XIV Contents of Volume 61 | Radiation Physics and Chemistry 62 (2001) VII-XXIV Franco Cataldo and Dieter Heymann 115 Comparison of the soluble products from radiolysis and photolysis of CS> H. Schissler, S. Navaratnam and L. Distel 123 Pulse radiolysis studies on histones and serum albumin under different ionic conditions RADIATION PROCESSING M. F. Barakat, K. El-Salamawy, M. El-Banna, 129 Radiation effects on some dyes in non-aqueous solvents and in some M. Abdel-Hamid and A. Abdel-RehiTamh a polymeric films Elias Hanna Bakraji, Numan Salman 137 Gamma-radiation-induced wood-plastic composites from Syrian tree and Haroun Al-kassiri species Sayed M. Badawy, Ahmad M. Dessouki 143 Direct pyrolysis mass spectrometry of acrylonitrile—cellulose graft and Horia M. Nizam El-Din copolymer prepared by radiation-induced graft polymerization in presence of styrene as homopolymer suppressor Liu Pengfei, Zhai Maolin and Wu Jilan Study on radiation-induced grafting of styrene onto chitin and chitosan John Hendri, Akihiro Hiroki, Yasunari Maekawa, The spatial effect of hydrophobic groups in pendant amino acid Masaru Yoshida and Ryoichi Katakai monomers on the thermal volume phase transition of hydrogels Hong.-Sun Yook, Ju.-Woon Lee, Effect of gamma irradiation on the microstructure and post-mortem Kyong.-Haeng Lee, Moo.-Kang Kim, anaerobic metabolism of bovine muscle Chi.-won Song and Myung.-Woo Byun Le XuanTham, Naotsugu Nagasawa, Effect of radiation-degraded chitosan on plants stressed with Shinpei Matsuhashi, Noriko S. Ishioka, vanadium Takehito Ito and Tamikazu Kume Numbers 3-6 8TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON RADIATION PHYSICS (ISRP -8) 177 Preface INVITED LECTURES L. Botter-Jensen and A. S. Murray 181 Optically stimulated luminescence techniques in retrospective dosimetry Thanasis Economou 191 Chemical analyses of martian soil and rocks obtained by the Pathfinder Alpha Proton X-ray spectrometer Sylvian Kahane 199 Measurements of Rayleigh scattering and relativistic calculations of incoherent scattering functions J. Kluson 209 Environmental monitoring and in situ gamma spectrometry M. Krémar, Z. KreGak and A. Ljubicic 217 Search for hadronic axions Arlene J. Lennox 223 Accelerators for cancer therapy A. Lodini 227 The recent development of neutronic techniques for determination of residual stresses Sean Langridge and Stephen W. Lovesey 235 Uses of neutron and X-ray beams to investigate magnetism Marco Martini and Emanuela Sibilia 241 Radiation in archaeometry: archaeological dating Kyoshi Nishijima 247 The Super-Kamiokande experiment J. NovotJnr.y, V. Spevacek, P. Dvorak, 255 ~ Three-dimensional polymer gel dosimetry: basic physical J. Novotny andT . Cechak properties of the dosimeter Yu. Ts. Oganessian 259 Towards the “islands of stability’ of superheavy elements S. C. Roy 271 Superheated liquid and its place in radiation physics Contents of Volume 61 | Radiation Physics and Chemistry 62 (2001) VII-XXIV Alexander V. Shchagin 283 Current status of parametric X-ray radiation research Robert Speller 293 Radiation-based security F. Spurny 301 Radiation doses at high altitudes and during space flights I. Stekl 309 Measurement of double-beta-decay—experimentTsGV and NEMO Claudio Tuniz 317 Accelerator mass spectrometry: ultra-sensitive analysis for global science Bert Wolterbeek 323 Large-scaled biomonitoring of trace element air pollution: goals and approaches T. Wroblewski 329 X-ray imaging using the radiation diffracted by polycrystalline materials CONTRIBUTED PAPERS Session A: Fundamental Processes in Radiation Physics A. Akkerman, A. Breskin, R. Chechik and 333 Calculation of proton stopping power in the region of its maximum Y. Lifshitz value for several organic materials and water J. P. J. Carney and R. H. Pratt 337 Existence of near-zero minima in elastic photon—atom scattering R. Cesareo, F. Balogun, A. Brunetti and 339 90° Compton and Rayleigh measurements and imaging C. Cappio Borlino C. T. Chantler 343 New theoretical investigation resolving discrepancies of atomic form factors and attenuation coefficients in the near-edge soft X-ray regime C.T. Chantler, C. Q. Tran, D. Paterson, Z. Barnea 347 Direct observation of scattering contributions in X-ray attenuation and D. J. Cookson measurements, and evidence for Rayleigh scattering from copper samples rather than thermal-diffuse or Bragg—Laue scattering G. De Ninno, D. Nutarelli, D. Garzella, L. Nahon, Gamma rays produced by inverse Compton scattering in the Super- M. Hirsch, E. Renault, B. Visentin ACO storage ring free electron laser and M. E. Couprie F. Teodori, J. E. Fernandez and V. Molinari The effect of geometry on the fluorescence radiation field Zoran Kaliman and Nada Orlic Nuclear excitation by positron annihilation with bound electrons in a screened atomic potential M. Krémar, Z. Krecak, M. Stipcevic, A. Ljubicic The mean-free-path of monochromatic hadronic axions and D. A. Bradley Z. Krecak, M. Krémar, S. KauGié and A. Ljubicic Method for experimental determination of fB-decay end point energies L. A. LaJohn and R. H. Pratt Circumstances in which radiation is not absorbed, forbidding photo- ionization: four classes of matrix element zeros Chea-Beng Lee, D. A. Bradley, Ithnin Abdul Jalil, New measurements concerning a non-resonant photo-activation cross-section for '"Cd Y. M. Amin, Mohd Jamil Maah and Khairul Zaman M. Dahlan A. Mishev, E. Duverger, L. Makovicka Modelling and study of the Cherenkov effect and J. Stamenov Raj Mittal, Vandana and Meenu Singh Method to evaluate empirical photoionisation cross-sections for L3 magnetic sub-states V. R. K. Murty Total photon cross sections for low energy photons in light elements N. Govinda Nayak, Gerald Pinto Incoherent scattering of 59.54 keV gamma rays for some rare earth and K. Siddappa elements at low photon momentum transfers Nada Orlic and Zoran Kaliman Mechanism for nuclear excitation during positron annihilation using Coulomb wave functions Miroslav Pardy The quantum electrodynamics of laser acceleration S. Pasic and K. llakovac An accurate absolute-scale measurement of bremsstrahlung following absorption of incident X- and )-rays XVI Contents of Volume 61 Radiation Physics and Chemistry 62 (2001) VII-XXIV S. PaSié and K. Ilakovac 397 Absolute-scale measurement of compton backscattering in germanium at 105.3 keV T. Surié and R. H. Pratt 399 lonization of an atom by photoabsorption at high photon energies: unified view in terms of singularities of the Coulombic potentials A. M.V laicu,Y . Ito, K. Taniguchi, T.M ukoyama 401 M-shell satellite structure of W X-ray emission lines andT . Bastug Y. Ito, T.T ochio, K. Mutaguchi, H. OhHashi, 405 Double-electron excitation above Xe K-edge N. Shigeoka,Y . Nakata, A. M.V laicu,T . Uruga, S. Emura and J. P. Gomilsek Session B: Radiation Sources and Detectors Youssef. A. Abdulla, Y. M. Amin and D. A. Bradley 409 The thermoluminescence response of Ge-doped optical fibre subjected to photon irradiation E. P. Q. Alcon and R.T . Lopes 411 Slot scintillation detector modeling for digital radiography M. Angelone, P. Batistoni and M. Pillon 415 Effect of the encapsulating material on the peak3/peak5 response ratio of TLD- 300 irradiated with neutrons of various energy Jorge S. Ayala-Arenas, Reneu L. Andrioli Jr, 417 Radiation effect on thermoluminescence and electron S.Watanabe, M. Matsuoka and B. C. Bhatt paramagnetic resonance (EPR) of pink beryl T. Rivera, J. Azorin, C. Falcony,E. Martinez 421 Determination of thermoluminescence kinetic parameters of and M. Garcia terbium-doped zirconium oxide P. R. Gonzalez and J. Azorin 425 Thermoluminescent response of LiF: Mg,Cu,P+PTFE prepared in Mexico to 2°Sr/9°Y beta particles Mahmoud I. Abbas, Younis S. Selim 429 HPGe detector photopeak efficiency calculation including self- and M. Bassiouni absorption and coincidence corrections for cylindrical sources using compact analytical expressions M. A. Bero,W . B. Gilboy and P. M. Glover Radiochromic gel dosemeter for three-dimensional dosimetry J. P. Perez-Moreno, J. P. Bolivar, A simple method for efficiency calibration of HPGe detectors R. Garcia-Tenorio, E. San Miguel, in y-spectrometric measurements J. L. Aguado, J. L. Mas and F. Vaca P. Cauwels, B. Masschaele, W. Mondelaers, The development of a high-power bremsstrahlung radiator for the S. Baechler, J. Jolie andT . Materna production of monochromatic X-rays E. Cruz Z, A. Negron, A. Ramos A, S. Ramos B, Gamma coloration of mixed crystals of KCI-KBr doped with Pb?* J. Hernandez A, F Jaque and H. Murrieta S E. Cruz-Zaragoza, S. Ramos-Bernal Dosimetry for low temperature measurements using single and and A. Negron-Mendoza poly-crystals Mala Das, B. K. Chatterjee, B. Roy and S. C. Roy Superheated drops of R114—as a neutron spectrometer G. De Ninno, D. Nutarelli, D. Garzella, L. Nahon, The super-ACO free electron laser source in the UV and itsapplications M. Hirsch, E. Renault and M. E. Couprie M. Gombia, D. Bollini, J. E. Fernandez, Improving tomographic images with a filtered projection in real space M. Gambaccini and V. Molinari E. Gargioni, L. Buermann and H.-M. Kramer A new procedure for dose measurements in mixed high-energy electron and photon fields I. Kuvvetli, C. Budtz-Jorgensen, L. Gerward Response of CZTdrift-strip detector to X- and gamma rays and C. M. Stahle I. F. Goncalves, E. Martinho and J. Salgado Monte Carlo calculation of resonance self-shielding factors for epithermal neutron spectra A. Loupilov, A. Sokolov and V. Gostilo X-ray Peltier cooled detectors for X-ray fluorescence analysis J. Jolie Gamma ray spectroscopy with ultra-high precision D.T. L. Jones Monoenergetic neutron sources below 100 MeV Sung Ho Park, Jong Kyung Kim and Jong Oh Kim Simultaneous calibration of TLDs using the ICRU slab and photon beams