AbstractCrews of manned interplanetary missions may accumulate significant radiation exposures from the galactic cosmic ray (GCR) environment in space. Estimates of how these dose levels are affected by the assumed temporal and spatial variations in the composition of the GCR environment, and by the effects of the spacecraft and body self-shielding on the transported radiation fields are presented. In this work, the physical processes through which shielding alters the transported radiation fields are described. We then present estimates of the effects on model calculations of (1) nuclear fragmentation model uncertainties, (2) solar modulation, (3) variations between solar cycles, and (4) proposed changes to the quality factors which relate dose equivalent to absorbed dose.


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    Title :

    Solar modulation and nuclear fragmentation effects in galactic cosmic ray transport through shielding


    Contributors:
    Townsend, L.W. (author) / Cucinotta, F.A. (author) / Wilson, J.W. (author) / Shinn, J.L. (author) / Badhwar, G. (author)

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 14 , 10 ; 853-861


    Publication date :

    1994-01-01


    Size :

    9 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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