The altcriss project on board the International Space Station
Journal article, 2007
The Alteriss project aims to perform a long term survey of the radiation environment on board the International Space Station. Measurements are being performed with active and passive devices in different locations and orientations of the Russian segment of the station. The goal is to perform a detailed evaluation of the differences in particle fluence and nuclear composition due to different shielding material and attitude of the station. The Sileye-3/Alteino detector is used to identify nuclei up to Iron in the energy range above similar or equal to 60 MeV/n. Several passive dosimeters (TLDs, CR39) are also placed in the same location of Sileye-3 detector. Polyethylene shielding is periodically interposed in front of the detectors to evaluate the effectiveness of shielding on the nuclear component of the cosmic radiation. The project was submitted to ESA in reply to the AO in the Life and Physical Science of 2004 and data taking began in December 2005. Dosimeters and data cards are rotated every 6 months: up to now three launches of dosimeters and data cards have been performed and have been returned with the end of expedition 12 and 13. (C) 2007 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of COSPAR.
radiation
LIGHT-FLASHES
International Space Station
nuclear abundances
shielding
MIR
ONBOARD
DOSE-EQUIVALENT
SILEYE-3/ALTEINO EXPERIMENT
CALIBRATION
RADIATION ENVIRONMENT
RISKS
DOSIMETRY
cosmic rays
Author
M. Casolino
Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
F. Altamura
Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
M. Minori
Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
P. Picozza
Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
C. Fuglesang
ESA
A. Galper
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI
A. Popov
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI
V. Benghin
State Research Center of The Russian Federation - Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP)
V. M. Petrov
State Research Center of The Russian Federation - Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP)
A. Nagamatsu
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
T. Berger
Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- Und Raumfahrt
G. Reitz
Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- Und Raumfahrt
Marco Durante
Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Mariagabriella Pugliese
Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
V. Roca
Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Lembit Sihver
Chalmers, Applied Physics, Nuclear Engineering
F. Cucinotta
NASA Johnson Space Center
E. Semones
NASA Johnson Space Center
M. Shavers
Wyle Laboratories Life Sciences Group
V. Guarnieri
Alenia Aeronautica
C. Lobascio
Alenia Aeronautica
D. Castagnolo
MARS s.r.l.
R. Fortezza
MARS s.r.l.
Advances in Space Research
0273-1177 (ISSN)
Vol. 40 11 1746-1753Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Chemical Engineering
DOI
10.1016/j.asr.2007.04.037