EXPOSE-R cosmic radiation time profile

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-25

  Dachev, Tsvetan ^a   Horneck, Gerda ^b   Häder, Donat Peter ^c   Schuster, Martin ^d   Lebert, Michael ^d  

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

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c Friedrich Alexander University ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

dosimetry; galactic cosmic rays; ionizing radiation; ISS; space radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916603792     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550414000093     Document Type: Article

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