Background radiation effects and hazards in planetary instrumentation

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 564, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 559-566

  Butcher, Gillian ^a   Sims, Mark R ^a   Fraser, George ^a   Klingelhöfer, Göstar ^b   Bernhardt, Bodo ^b   Davidson, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Planetary missions; Radiation background; Radiation safety; Radiation shielding; X ray radiation

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GEOCHEMISTRY; NEUTRON SCATTERING; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; SPACECRAFT; WATER; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

PLANETARY MISSIONS; RADIATION BACKGROUND; RADIATION SAFETY; X-RAY RADIATIONS;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 33745905602     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.03.046     Document Type: Article

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