Physics Athens 2016

Calibration of MU-chamber

MU-chamber  is a transmission ionization chamber  electronics generates ‘counts’ (MUs) after a pre-set charge Q MU measured

Calibration of MU-chamber: electronics is tuned such that 1MU/Q MU corresponds with a dose of 1 cGy in H 2 0 in reference conditions

dose measured with calibrated ionization chamber