EVA space suit proton and electron threshold energy measurements by XCT and range shifting

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 41, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1216-1226

  Moyers, M F ^a   Saganti, P B ^b,c   Nelson, G A ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Electron; Polystyrene; Proton; Space suit

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL COMMUNICATION LINKS; IONIZING RADIATION; POLYSTYRENES; PROTONS; SPACE STATIONS;

ELECTRON THRESHOLD ENERGY; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS); RANGE SHIFTING; SPACE SUIT;

SPACE SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 33751252264     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2006.04.033     Document Type: Article

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