AbstractIn the frame of the European Space Agency (ESA) project called “Biology and Physics in Space”, the returning satellite, Foton-M2, carried an open-to-space exposure platform outside of the satellite body, called as BIOPAN-5, loaded with exo-biological experiments and facilities for radiation dosimetry (RADO). One of the RADO experiments was dedicated to the detection of the primary galactic cosmic rays (GCR) and secondary neutrons by a track etch detector stack. The daily absorbed dose (D) and dose equivalent (H) were calculated from the experimental LET spectra (LET>10keV/μm). Under a shielding of ∼2.8g/cm2 the averaged H was found to be 658±8μSv/d, with a quality factor (Q) of 6.2±1.2. The LET spectra showed a local peak at ∼105keV/μm suggesting that the majority of tracks were created by trapped protons as it has been predicted by calculations. The low LET dose of the cosmic radiation was determined by 4 TLD stacks, and the total dose was found to be 795±14μSv/d.
Cosmic ray detection on the Foton-M2 satellite by a track etch detector stack
Advances in Space Research ; 42 , 6 ; 1030-1036
2008-05-09
7 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Foton-M2 , BIOPAN , Space dosimetry , SSNTD
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