Peracchi, Stefania, James, Benjamin, Pagani, Federico, Pan, Vladimir, Vohradsky, James, Bolst, David, Prokopovich, Dale Anthony, Guatelli, Susanna, Petasecca, Marco, Lerch, Michael L.F., Lee, Sung Hyun, Inaniwa, Taku, Matsufuji, Naruhiro, Povoli, Marco, Kok, Angela, Jackson, Michael, Squire, Timothy, Rosenfeld, Anatoly B., and Tran, Linh T. (2021) Radiation Shielding Evaluation of Spacecraft Walls Against Heavy Ions Using Microdosimetry. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 68 (5). pp. 897-905.

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Abstract

Despite the low contribution of heavy ions to the total fluence in the space radiation environment, their radiobiological effect on the human body is extremely high. In this article, we investigated the radiation field which resulted from the interaction of galactic cosmic rays (GCRs), specifically some heavy ions and energies, typically encountered in space with a realistic multilayer sample of the International Space Station (ISS) Columbus module’s shielding wall. The quality factor, Q, and the normalized dose equivalent, H, derived from microdosimetric measurements for C, Ne, and Si ions behind different spacecraft wall configurations and materials are presented in this article. Particularly, carbon fiber, polyoxymethylene, and perspex with same areal density compared to currently used aluminum were investigated.

Item ID:	84519
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1558-1578
Copyright Information:	© 2020 IEEE.
Date Deposited:	29 Jan 2025 01:13
FoR Codes:	34 CHEMICAL SCIENCES > 3407 Theoretical and computational chemistry > 340702 Radiation and matter @ 100%
SEO Codes:	27 TRANSPORT > 2701 Aerospace transport > 270106 Space transport @ 100%
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