LET distribution measurement with a new real-time radiation monitoring device-III onboard the Space Shuttle STS-84

Details LET distribution measurement with a new real-time radiation monitoring device-III onboard the Space Shuttle STS-84 LET distribution measurement with a new real-time radiation monitoring device-III onboard the Space Shuttle STS-84

Nov 1999

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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, Volume 437, Issue 1, p. 75-87.

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A new type of Real-time Radiation Monitoring Device, RRMD-III, consisting of three double-sided silicon strip detectors (DSSDs) has been constructed and used onboard the Space Shuttle mission STS-84. The Space Shuttle cruised at an altitude of /300-/400 km and an inclination angle of /51.6° for /221.3 h. RRMD-III succeeded in measuring the linear energy transfer (LET) distribution over the range of /0.2-600keV/μm for 178h. The obtained LET distribution of particles was investigated in detail by classifying it into galactic cosmic ray (GCR) particles and trapped protons in the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) region. The result shows that GCR particles contribute /60% to the total dose equivalent. The total absorbed dose rate during the mission was 0.516mGy/day, the effective quality factor was 1.81 by ICRP-Pub.26, and the dose equivalent rate was 0.935mSv/day. The average absorbed dose rates are 0.120μGy/min for GCR particles and 4.80μGy/min for trapped protons. The effective quality factors are /3.16 for GCR particles and /1.19 for trapped protons. RRMD-III data were also compared with the data of the tissue equivalent proportional counter (TEPC), proving that RRMD-III is a reliable device for deriving the true-LET distribution in real time for evaluating space radiation.

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