Overview of active methods for shielding spacecraft from energetic space radiation

Physica Medica

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages 84-85

  Townsend, L W ^a  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

Active shielding; HZE particles; Solar particle events; Space radiation

Indexed keywords

HEAVY ION; PROTON;

CONFERENCE PAPER; COSMIC RADIATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON RADIATION; HEAVY ION RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; SPACE FLIGHT;

NASA CENTER LARC; NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH;

COSMIC RADIATION; ELECTRICITY; MAGNETICS; RADIATION PROTECTION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0034840189     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. Forty years of development of active systems for radiation protection of spacecraft
2. Galactic heavy-ion shielding using electrostatic fields
3. Plasma radiation shielding for deep space vehicles
4. Magnetic radiation shielding using superconducting coils
5. Magnetic radiation shielding for permanent space habitats
6. Radiation shielding of spacecraft in manned interplanetary flights