Abstract Long-term analysis of data from two radiation detection instruments on the International Space Station (ISS) shows that the docking of the Space Shuttle drops down the measured dose rates in the region of the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) by a factor of 1.5–3. Measurements either by the R3DE detector, which is outside the ISS at the EuTEF facility on the Columbus module behind a shielding of less than 0.45gcm−2, and by the three detectors of the Liulin-5 particle telescope, which is inside the Russian PEARS module in the spherical tissue equivalent phantom behind much heavier shielding demonstrate that effect. Simultaneously the estimated averaged incident energies of the incoming protons rise up from about 30 to 45MeV. The effect is explained by the additional shielding against the SAA 30–150MeV protons, provided by the 78 tons Shuttle to the instruments inside and outside of the ISS. An additional reason is the ISS attitude change (performed for the Shuttle docking) leading to decreasing of dose rates in two of Liulin-5 detectors because of the East–West proton fluxes asymmetry in SAA. The Galactic Cosmic Rays dose rates are practically not affected.


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    Titel :

    Space Shuttle drops down the SAA doses on ISS


    Beteiligte:
    Dachev, T.P. (Autor:in) / Semkova, J. (Autor:in) / Tomov, B. (Autor:in) / Matviichuk, Yu. (Autor:in) / Dimitrov, Pl. (Autor:in) / Koleva, R. (Autor:in) / Malchev, St. (Autor:in) / Reitz, G. (Autor:in) / Horneck, G. (Autor:in) / De Angelis, G. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 47 , 11 ; 2030-2038


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2011-01-30


    Format / Umfang :

    9 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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