Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006adspr..38..226t&link_type=abstract
Advances in Space Research, Volume 38, Issue 2, p. 226-231.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
7
Scientific paper
Recent ice core analyses suggest that the Carrington event of 1859 may have been the largest solar energetic particle event in the past several hundred years. Previous analyses of potential doses to humans and electronics from such an event suggested that a Carrington-like event, with a hard spectrum similar to that of the event of September 1989 could be catastrophic. Subsequent analyses of the 10Be concentration in the ice core data suggest that the spectral hardness of the Carrington event was softer and similar to the August 1972 event. In this work we review the earlier estimates of doses from a Carrington event, and present updated dose estimates for deep space crews and electronics using the Carrington event proton fluence ⩾30 MeV in combination with an event spectrum similar to that of the August 1972 event. Potential ramifications of these doses for humans and electronics on deep space missions are discussed.
Campbell C. E.
Hoff Jennifer L.
Miller Tim M.
Moussa H. M.
Neal Zapp E.
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