Radiation measured during ISS-Expedition 13 with different dosimeters

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1212-1219

  Zhou, D ^a,b   Semones, E ^a   Gaza, R ^a,b   Johnson, S ^a   Zapp, N ^a   Lee, K ^a   George, T ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Active and passive dosimeters; Cosmic rays; LET spectra; Space radiation

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; DOSIMETERS; ENERGY TRANSFER; LUMINESCENCE; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; ORBITS; SILICON DETECTORS;

LET SPECTRA; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE DOSIMETERS; PASSIVE DOSIMETER; SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLES; SOUTH ATLANTIC ANOMALIES; SPACE RADIATIONS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; TISSUE EQUIVALENT PROPORTIONAL COUNTER;

RADIATION;

EID: 62649163671     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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