Radiation measured with different dosimeters during STS-121 space mission

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 437-447

  Zhou, D ^a,b   Semones, E ^a   Gaza, R ^a,b   Johnson, S ^a   Zapp, N ^a   Weyland, M ^a   Rutledge, R ^a   Lin, T ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; LET spectra; Passive and active dosimeters; Space radiation

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; DETECTORS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; IONIZING RADIATION; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHTING FIXTURES; LUMINESCENCE; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; NASA; ORBITS; RADIATION;

EARTH ORBITS; LET RADIATIONS; LET SPECTRA; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFERS; LOW AS REASONABLY ACHIEVABLE; NASA SPACE MISSIONS; NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE DOSIMETERS; PASSIVE AND ACTIVE DOSIMETERS; PASSIVE DOSIMETERS; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; RADIATION IMPACTS; RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; RADIATION QUANTITIES; RADIATION RISKS; RISK RESPONSES; SPACE MISSIONS; SPACE RADIATION; TISSUE EQUIVALENT PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 57949113854     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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