Developing a space radiation simulation and analysis package

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Jan 1999

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Space technology and applications international forum -1999. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 458, pp. 328-333 (1999).

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The idea of blending a modern object-oriented graphics-based analysis program with a Monte Carlo radiation transport code for space-based applications is being assessed. This is part of an ongoing effort to restructure the FLUKA physics radiation transport simulation code for intimate compatibility with the ROOT analysis and visualization program at CERN. ROOT provides a full suite of powerful analysis tools in an environment based upon object-oriented data structures. It provides full 3-D Graphics support and allows the direct use of C++ as a scripting language. The FLUKA code is an alternative to the GEANT code as a tool for detailed simulation of radiation transport. Both of these physics codes have their strengths and at present can be provided for within the infrastructure of ROOT. GEANT has many well-known shortcomings that in some instances are significantly improved upon by FLUKA. Combining these types of transport codes with the ROOT analysis program into a single user-friendly software package will allow rapid simulation of the radiation environment on and near the International Space Station (ISS). This will include the capability for the 3-D ``fly-through'' visualization of radiation levels within and about the ISS and Shuttle space structures. It will also facilitate the planning for and design of NASA experiments such as ACCESS, as well as for any other potential space-based utilizations where an accurate evaluation and visualization of the radiation environment may be relevant. Ultimately, measurements made on the ISS will allow a feedback into the physics simulations themselves, making them more useful for all such applications.

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