Analysis of energy deposition in a tissue equivalent proportional counter onboard the space shuttle

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-28

  Shinn, J L ^a   Badhwar, G D ^b   Xapsos, M A ^c   Cucinotta, F A ^a   Wilson, J W ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY IONS; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; PARTICLE DETECTORS; RADIATION COUNTERS; SPACE SHUTTLES;

TISSUE EQUIVALENT PROPORTIONAL COUNTER (TEPC);

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; EVALUATION; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MANNED; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; SHORT DURATION; SPACE FLIGHT; STS-51 SHUTTLE PROJECT; STS-56 SHUTTLE PROJECT; THEORETICAL MODEL; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-51 SHUTTLE PROJECT; STS-56 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

COSMIC RADIATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0033068127     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(98)00085-7     Document Type: Article

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