Radiation hazard of relativistic interstellar flight

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 64, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 644-653

  Semyonov, Oleg G ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Interstellar flight; Interstellar gas; Radiation hazard; Radiation shielding; Relativistic aberration; Starship

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; GASES; HAZARDS; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; INERT GASES; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIATION PROTECTION; SHIELDING;

INTERSTELLAR FLIGHT; INTERSTELLAR GAS; RADIATION HAZARD; RELATIVISTIC ABERRATION; STARSHIP;

RADIATION SHIELDING;

EID: 58949102056     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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