Shielding from cosmic radiation for interplanetary missions: Active and passive methods

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-23

  Spillantini, P ^a   Casolino, M ^b   Durante, M ^c   Mueller Mellin, R ^d   Reitz, G ^e   Rossi, L ^f   Shurshakov, V ^g   Sorbi, M ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f CERN   (Switzerland)

^g INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COOLING SYSTEMS; GALAXIES; SHIELDING; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA); SHIELDING MATERIALS; TOPICAL TEAM (TT);

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 33751332520     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2006.04.028     Document Type: Article

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