Model calculations of the radiation dose and LET spectra on LDEF and comparisons with flight data

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 26, Issue 6 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 751-764

  Armstrong, T W ^a   Colborn, B L ^a   Benton, E V ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; OXYGEN; PROTON;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LDEF PROJECT; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; LONG DURATION; MICROCLIMATE; NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH; NON-NASA CENTER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SPACE FLIGHT; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; UNMANNED;

NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH; NON-NASA CENTER;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LDEF PROJECT; LONG DURATION; UNMANNED;

ANISOTROPY; CARBON; EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

DOSIMETERS; ELECTRONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROTONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SPACE FLIGHT; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER SPECTRA; LONG DURATION EXPOSURE FACILITY; PLASTIC NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS; RADIATION TRANSPORT CODES;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0030273812     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(96)00080-7     Document Type: Article

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