<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This study presents test measurements on a Lexsyg luminescence reader, acquired by the Giessen luminescence group. The reader is of the type Standard, hence designed for routine determination of palaeodoses using quartz or K-feldspars. The tests include measurements of the stimulation powers, preheat temperatures, OSL- and TL-curves, as well as dose recovery tests and calibration measurements using highly sensitised calibration quartz. A comparison of D
                        e values determined using a Lexsyg reader with single grain D
                        e-values, which have been previously obtained on a Risø reader, is also presented. The results imply that the Lexsyg reader is a highly reliable measurement device with high reproducibility, yielding instrumental uncertainties of around 0.3%.</p></abstract>

This study presents test measurements on a Lexsyg luminescence reader, acquired by the Giessen luminescence group. The reader is of the type Standard, hence designed for routine determination of palaeodoses using quartz or K-feldspars. The tests include measurements of the stimulation powers, preheat temperatures, OSL- and TL-curves, as well as dose recovery tests and calibration measurements using highly sensitised calibration quartz. A comparison of D
                        e values determined using a Lexsyg reader with single grain D
                        e-values, which have been previously obtained on a Risø reader, is also presented. The results imply that the Lexsyg reader is a highly reliable measurement device with high reproducibility, yielding instrumental uncertainties of around 0.3%.

Performance tests using the Lexsyg luminescence reader

Department of Geography, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Senckenbergstr. 1, 35390, Giessen, Germany

IRAMAT-CRP2A, Université Bordeaux Montaigne, Maison de l’Archéologie, Esplanade des Antilles, 33607, Pessac Cedex, France

Geochronometria

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This study presents test measurements on a Lexsyg luminescence reader, acquired by the Giessen luminescence group. The reader is of the type Standard, hence...

Performance tests using the Lexsyg luminescence reader

Published Online: Oct 01, 2014

Page range: 327 - 333

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-013-0174-x

Keywords
dosimetry, instrumentation, reproducibility, luminescence dating

© 2014 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Performance tests using the Lexsyg luminescence reader

Published Online: Oct 01, 2014

Page range: 327 - 333

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-013-0174-x

Keywordsdosimetry, instrumentation, reproducibility, luminescence dating

© 2014 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
dosimetry, instrumentation, reproducibility, luminescence dating