Radiation tests of the EMU spacesuit for the International SpaceStation using energetic protons Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Radiation tests of the EMU spacesuit for the International SpaceStation using energetic protons

Creator

  • Author: Zeitlin, C.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Heilbronn, L.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Miller, J.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Shavers, M.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Science.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: USDOE Director, Office of Science
  • Sponsor: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Place of Publication: Berkeley, California
    Additional Info: "Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (United States)"

Date

  • Creation: 2001-06-04

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Measurements using silicon detectors to characterize theradiation transmitted through the EMU spacesuit and a human phantom havebeen performed using 155 and 250 MeV proton beams at the Loma LindaUniversity Medical Center (LLUMC). The beams simulate radiationencountered in space, where trapped protons having kinetic energies onthe order of 100 MeV are copious. Protons with 100 MeV kinetic energy andabove can penetrate many centimeters of water of other light materials,so that astronauts exposed to such energetic particles will receive dosesto their internal organs. This dose can be enhanced or reduced byshielding - either from the spacesuit or the self-shielding of the body -but minimization of the risk depends on details of the incident particleflux (in particular the energy spectrum) and on the dose responses of thevarious critical organs.

Subject

  • Keyword: Protons
  • Keyword: Space Radiation Shielding Emu Spacesuit
  • Keyword: Proton Beams
  • Keyword: International Space Station
  • Keyword: Trapped Protons Space Radiation Shielding Emu Spacesuit
  • STI Subject Categories: 61
  • Keyword: Medical Establishments
  • STI Subject Categories: 73
  • Keyword: Radiations
  • Keyword: Kinetic Energy
  • Keyword: Critical Organs

Source

  • Journal Name: Radiation Measurements; Journal Volume: 41; Journal Issue: 9-10; Related Information: Journal Publication Date: Oct./Nov.2006

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Article

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Report No.: LBNL--47656
  • Grant Number: DE-AC02-05CH11231
  • Grant Number: NASA:T5606W
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 917326
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc889968
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