Ground-based research with heavy ions for space radiation protection

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 180-184

  Durante, M ^a   Kronenberg, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerators; Fragmentation; Iron ions; Space radiation

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IRON; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIATION PROTECTION;

ACCELERATORS; FRAGMENTATION; IRON IONS; SPACE RADIATION;

HEAVY IONS;

EID: 18844409598     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2004.12.034     Document Type: Article

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