AbstractIn light of the importance of the neutron contribution to the dose equivalent received by space workers in the near-Earth radiation environment, there is an increasing need for a personal dosimeter that is passive in nature and able to respond to this neutron field in real time. Recent Canadian technology has led to the development of a bubble detector, which is sensitive to neutrons, but insensitive to low linear energy transfer (LET) radiation. By changing the composition of the bubble detector fluid (or “superheat”), the detectors can be fabricated to respond to different types of radiation. This paper describes a preliminary ground-based research effort to better characterize the bubble detectors of different compositions at various charged-particle accelerator facilities, which are capable of simulating the space radiation field.


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    Title :

    Bubble detector characterization for space radiation


    Contributors:
    Green, A.R. (author) / Andrews, H.R. (author) / Bennett, L.G.I. (author) / Clifford, E.T.H. (author) / Ing, H. (author) / Jonkmans, G. (author) / Lewis, B.J. (author) / Noulty, R.A. (author) / Ough, E.A. (author)

    Published in:

    Acta Astronautica ; 56 , 9-12 ; 949-960


    Publication date :

    2005-01-01


    Size :

    12 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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