The experiment to measure gas bremsstrahlung at the ADONE storage ring
at LNF, and compare results to Monte Carlo predictions, was performed
by exposing matrices of LiF thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) to the
generated radiations[1].
The TLD matrices were exposed
inside PVC sheets (1 mm thick) placing them downstream of a straight
section of the storage ring.
The straight section, 613.5 cm long, ended in a vacuum guide 190.7
long, closed by a 1.87 cm thick stainless steel flange.
In the simulation it can be represented by an air
target hit by an 1.5 GeV electron beam, with has a rectangular spot
0.4x0.02
wide.
The absorbed doses are determined by 9-by-9 matrices of TLDs placed
at various distances from the end of the straight section, from 211.7 cm to 941.7
cm. The TLDs consist of
LiF
of dimensions 3.175
3.175
0.889
. The area covered
by the TLD matrix is therefore 28.57
28.57
with enough granularity to
reveal the expected narrow angular distribution of the bremsstrahlung intensity.