Comparison of aluminum and lucite for shielding against 1 GeV protons

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 581-585

  Mancusi, D ^a   Bertucci, A ^b   Gialanella, G ^b   Grossi, G ^b   Manti, L ^b   Pugliese, M ^b   Rusek, A ^c   Scampoli, P ^b   Sihver, L ^a   Durante, M ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberrations; Fragmentation; Protons; Shielding

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOMES; COSMIC RAYS; RADIATION DAMAGE; SHIELDING;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FRAGMENTATION; HEAVY-ION TRANSPORT CODE SYSTEMS;

PROTONS;

EID: 34547442934     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.11.033     Document Type: Article

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