Cosmic radiation exposure of biological test systems during the EXPOSE-E mission

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 387-392

  Berger, Thomas ^a   Hajek, Michael ^b   Bilski, Pawel ^c   Körner, Christine ^a   Vanhavere, Filip ^d   Reitz, Günther ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^d BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROCLIMATE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; SPACE FLIGHT;

COSMIC RADIATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 84862013484     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0777     Document Type: Article

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