Mathematics
Scientific paper
Apr 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993ldef.symp...87r&link_type=abstract
In NASA. Langley Research Center, LDEF: 69 Months in Space. Part 1: Second Post-Retrieval Symposium p 87-96 (SEE N93-29621 11-99
Mathematics
Galactic Cosmic Rays, Long Duration Exposure Facility, Mathematical Models, Radiation Belts, Radiation Counters, Radiation Trapping, Radioactive Isotopes, Energetic Particles, Half Life, Protons, Trapped Particles
Scientific paper
Radioactivities induced in several Long Duration Exposure Facilities (LDEF) samples were measured by low-level counting at Los Alamos and elsewhere. These radionuclides have activities similar to those observed in meteorites and lunar samples. Some trends were observed in these measurements in terms of profiles in trunnion layers and as a function of radionuclide half-life. Several existing computer codes were used to model the production by the protons trapped in the Earth's radiation belts and by the galactic cosmic rays of some of these radionuclides, Mn-54 and Co-57 in steel, Sc-46 in titanium, and Na-22 in alloys of titanium and aluminum. Production rates were also calculated for radionuclides possibly implanted in LDEF, Be-7, Be-10, and C-14. Enhanced concentrations of induced isotopes in the surfaces of trunnion sections relative to their concentrations in the center are caused by the lower-energy protons in the trapped radiation. Secondary neutrons made by high-energy trapped protons and by galactic cosmic rays produce much of the observed radioactivities, especially deep in an object. Comparisons of the observed to calculated activities of several radionuclides with different half-lives indicate that the flux of trapped protons at LDEF decreased significantly at the end of the mission.
Bobias George S.
Masarik Jozef
Moss Calvin E.
Reedy Robert C.
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