An ESR image has been measured for an irradiated alanine dosimeter ann
ealed under a thermal gradient. An Arrhenius plot of the lifetime obta
ined from each pixel of the image gave apparent annealing parameters:
the activation energy, E=0.5+/-0.3 eV and the preexponential frequency
factor, v(o)=4 x 10(2) Hz. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd