Radiation measured with TEPC and CR-39 PNTDs in low earth orbit

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1571-1574

  Zhou, D ^a,b   Semones, E ^a   Weyland, M ^a   Johnson, S ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; CR 39 detectors; LET spectra; Low earth orbit; Radiation; TEPC

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; DOSIMETERS; ENERGY TRANSFER; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER (LET); LOW EARTH ORBIT; PLASTIC NUCLEAR TRACK DOSIMETERS (PNTD); RADIATION IMPACT;

RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 35548963930     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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