The features of radiation dose variations onboard ISS and Mir space station: comparative study

Details The features of radiation dose variations onboard ISS and Mir space station: comparative study The features of radiation dose variations onboard ISS and Mir space station: comparative study

Jan 2004

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Advances in Space Research, Volume 34, Issue 6, p. 1424-1428.

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Radiation Dose, Space Stations, Solar Energetic Particle Events, Geosynchronous Satellites

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The dynamics of the ISS-measured radiation dose variations since August 2000 is studied. Use is made of the data obtained with the R-16 instrument, which consists of two ionization chambers behind different shielding thicknesses. The doses recorded during solar energetic particle (SEP) events are compared with the data obtained also by R-16 on Mir space station. The SEP events in the solar maximum of the current cycle make a much smaller contribution to the radiation dose compared with the October 1989 event recorded on Mir space station. In the latter event, the proton intensity was peaking during a strong magnetic storm. The storm-time effect of solar proton geomagnetic cutoff decreases on dose variations is estimated. The dose variations on Mir space stations due to formation of a new radiation belt of high-energy protons and electrons during a sudden commencement of March 24, 1991 storm are also studied. It was for the first time throughout the ISS and Mir dose measurement period that the counting rates recorded by both R-16 channels on ISS in 2001-2002 were nearly the same during some time intervals. This effect may arise from the decreases of relativistic electron fluxes in the outer radiation belt.

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