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We have investigated a commercially available polymer for its suitability asa solid state nuclear track detector (SSNTD). We identified that polymer to bepolyethylene terephthalate (PET) and found that it has a higher detectionthreshold compared to many other widely used SSNTDs which makes this detectorparticularly suitable for rare event search in cosmic rays as it eliminates thedominant low Z background. Systematic studies were carried out to determine itscharge response which is essential before any new material can be used as anSSNTD. In this paper we describe the charge response of PET to 129Xe, 78Kr and49Ti ions from the REX-ISOLDE facility at CERN, present the calibration curvefor PET and characterize it as a nuclear track detector.

Calibration of a solid state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) with high detection threshold to search for rare events in cosmic rays