Radiation measurements inside a human phantom aboard the International Space Station using Liulin-5 charged particle telescope

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 858-865

  Semkova, J ^a   Koleva, R ^a   Maltchev, St ^a   Kanchev, N ^a   Benghin, V ^b   Chernykh, I ^b   Shurshakov, V ^b   Petrov, V ^b   Yarmanova, E ^b   Bankov, N ^c   Lyagushin, V ^d   Goranova, M ^e  

^a SOLAR TERRESTRIAL INFLUENCES LABORATORY   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^c Faculty of Physics Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski   (Bulgaria)

^d S P KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA   (Russian Federation)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Charged particle telescope; Human phantom; ISS; Space radiation measurements

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; DEPOSITION; ENERGY TRANSFER; RADIATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE STATIONS; TELESCOPES;

CHARGED PARTICLE TELESCOPES; HUMAN PHANTOMS; INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS; SPACE RADIATIONS; TISSUE EQUIVALENT PHANTOM;

PHANTOMS;

EID: 77249108785     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.08.027     Document Type: Article

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