Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufmed51b0574c&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #ED51B-0574
Physics
0815 Informal Education, 2114 Energetic Particles (7514), 7514 Energetic Particles (2114), 7984 Space Radiation Environment
Scientific paper
The term "radiation" can cause significant anxiety to a general audience in part because of the associated health risks, but also because of lack of a conceptual framework about the nature of radiation. A visual depiction of radiation may go a long way towards providing just such a framework. The CRaTER Team had an opportunity to create just such a video. The Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER) is a radiation instrument that will fly on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and is designed to determine the effects of energetic particles on living tissue. In order to calibrate CRaTER and characterize its reaction to various radiation environments, the CRaTER team has used particle beam facilities include the Proton Radiation Therapy Facility at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). During one of the sessions at MGH, the team placed an off the shelf web camera into the beam and recorded the visual effects. This video recording was used as the basis for an edited video describing what was done and the results. The hope is that this video will provide a general audience with a visual framework for the nature and effects of radiation
Case Anthony W.
Gross Nicholas Angelo
Spence Harlan E.
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