Benchmark studies of the effectiveness of structural and internal materials as radiation shielding for the international space station

Radiation Research

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 381-390

  Miller, J ^a,e   Zeitlin, C ^a   Cucinotta, F A ^b   Heilbronn, L ^a   Stephens, D ^c   Wilson, J W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; IRON; POLYETHYLENE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HUMAN; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SHIELD; SPACE FLIGHT;

NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH; NON-NASA CENTER;

ALUMINUM; COSMIC RADIATION; GRAPHITE; HEAVY IONS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; POLYETHYLENE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0037337855     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2003)159[0381:BSOTEO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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