Summary of ionizing radiation analysis on the Long Duration Exposure Facility

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Jan 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992ldef.symp..199p&link_type=abstract

In NASA. Langley Research Center, LDEF: 69 Months in Space. First Post-Retrieval Symposium, Part 1 p 199-212 (SEE N92-23280 14-9

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Dosimeters, Ionizing Radiation, Long Duration Exposure Facility, Radiation Belts, Radiation Transport, Radioactivity, Spacecraft Structures, Attitude Stability, Beryllium Isotopes, Cosmic Rays, Galactic Cosmic Rays, Heavy Ions

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The ionizing radiation measurements flown on the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) were contained in 15 experiments which utilized passive detectors to pursue objectives in astrophysics and to measure the radiation environment and dosimetric quantities. The spacecraft structure became sufficiently radioactive to permit additional important studies. The induced activity allows extensive radiation mapping in the structure, and independent comparison with experiment dosimetric techniques, and significant studies of secondary effects. The long exposure time, attitude stability, and number and types of measurements produced a unique and critical set of data for low Earth orbit that will not be duplicated for more than a decade. The data allow an unprecedented test, and improvement if required, of models of the radiation environment and the radiation transport methods that are used to calculate the internal radiation and its effects in spacecraft. Results of measurements in the experiments, as well as from radioactivity in the structure, have clearly shown effects from the directional properties of the radiation environment, and progress was made in the dosimetric mapping of LDEF. These measurements have already influenced some Space Station Freedom design requirements. Preliminary results from experiments, reported at this symposium and in earlier papers, show that the 5.8 years exposure considerably enhanced the scientific return of the radiation measurements. The early results give confidence that the experiments will make significant advances in the knowledge of ultra heavy cosmic rays, anomalous cosmic rays, and heavy ions trapped in the radiation belts. Unexpected phenomena were observed, which require explanation. These include stopping iron group ions between the energy ranges anticipated for anomalous and galactic cosmic rays in the LDEF orbit. A surprising concentration of the Be-7 nuclide was discovered on the 'front' surface of LDEF, apparently transported up from the stratosphere with exceptional efficiency.

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