GCR and SPE organ doses in deep space with different shielding: Monte Carlo simulations based on the FLUKA code coupled to anthropomorphic phantoms

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1791-1797

  Ballarini, F ^a,b   Battistoni, G ^c   Cerutti, F ^c,d   Fasso A ^e   Ferrari, A ^c,f   Gadioli, E ^c,d   Garzelli, M V ^c,d   Mairani, A ^a,b   Ottolenghi, A ^a,b   Paretzke, H G ⁱ   Parini, V ^a   Pelliccioni, M ^g   Pinsky, L ^h   Sala, P R ^c   Scannicchio, D ^a,b   Trovati, S ^a,b   Zankl, M ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^f CERN   (Switzerland)

^g INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^h University of Houston   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphic phantoms; Deep space; Monte Carlo; Organ doses; Shielding; Space radiation

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION SHIELDING;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; DEEP SPACE; ORGAN DOSES; SPACE RADIATION;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33744823269     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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