Simulations of the MTR-R and MTR experiments at ISS, and shielding properties using PHITS

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sihver, L ^a,b   Sato, T ^c   Gustafsson, K ^a   Shurshakov, V A ^d   Reitz, G ^e  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ROANOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOMEDICAL PROBLEMS; CYLINDRICAL PHANTOMS; DOSE EQUIVALENT; DOSE-DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; EQUIVALENT DOSE; GEO-STATIONARY ORBITS; GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTERS; HUMAN HEAD; HUMAN HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; INTERPLANETARY MISSION; LONG DURATION SPACE MISSION; LONG TERM; MANNED MISSIONS; MANNED SPACE MISSION; MONTE CARLO PARTICLES; RADIATION LOAD; RADIATION RISK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SHIELDING DESIGN; SHIELDING MATERIALS; SHIELDING PROPERTIES; SOLAR MINIMA; SPACE RADIATIONS; SPACE VEHICLES; TISSUE-EQUIVALENT MATERIALS; TRANSPORT CODES;

EXPERIMENTS; HEALTH RISKS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SPACE STATIONS;

RADIATION SHIELDING;

EID: 70349141437     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2009.4839360     Document Type: Conference Paper

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