Real-time measurement of low-energy-range neutron spectra on board the space shuttle STS-89 (S/MM-8)

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 321-333

  Matsumoto, H ^a   Goka, T ^a   Koga, K ^a   Iwai, S ^b   Uehara, T ^b   Sato, O ^c   Takagi, S ^c  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Nuclear Development Co   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; PROTONS; SENSORS; SPACE SHUTTLES; SPACE STATIONS;

NEUTRON SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS;

NEUTRON DETECTORS;

ALUMINUM; GADOLINIUM; POLYETHYLENE; PROTON;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; EVALUATION; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MIR PROJECT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; SHORT DURATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPACE FLIGHT; STS-89 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MIR PROJECT; SHORT DURATION; STS-89 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

ALUMINUM; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FAST NEUTRONS; GADOLINIUM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; POLYETHYLENE; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0034743687     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(00)00157-8     Document Type: Article

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