The altcriss project on board the International Space Station
Journal article, 2007
The Alteriss project aims to perform a long term survey of the radiation environment on board the International Space Station. Measurements are being performed with active and passive devices in different locations and orientations of the Russian segment of the station. The goal is to perform a detailed evaluation of the differences in particle fluence and nuclear composition due to different shielding material and attitude of the station. The Sileye-3/Alteino detector is used to identify nuclei up to Iron in the energy range above similar or equal to 60 MeV/n. Several passive dosimeters (TLDs, CR39) are also placed in the same location of Sileye-3 detector. Polyethylene shielding is periodically interposed in front of the detectors to evaluate the effectiveness of shielding on the nuclear component of the cosmic radiation. The project was submitted to ESA in reply to the AO in the Life and Physical Science of 2004 and data taking began in December 2005. Dosimeters and data cards are rotated every 6 months: up to now three launches of dosimeters and data cards have been performed and have been returned with the end of expedition 12 and 13. (C) 2007 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of COSPAR.
International Space Station
cosmic rays
CALIBRATION
nuclear abundances
shielding
MIR
DOSE-EQUIVALENT
DOSIMETRY
RADIATION ENVIRONMENT
LIGHT-FLASHES
radiation
ONBOARD
RISKS
SILEYE-3/ALTEINO EXPERIMENT
Author
M. Casolino
University of Rome Tor Vergata
F. Altamura
University of Rome Tor Vergata
M. Minori
University of Rome Tor Vergata
P. Picozza
University of Rome Tor Vergata
C. Fuglesang
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
A. Galper
National Research Nuclear University
A. Popov
National Research Nuclear University
V. Benghin
State Research Center of The Russian Federation - Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP)
V. M. Petrov
State Research Center of The Russian Federation - Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP)
A. Nagamatsu
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
T. Berger
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
G. Reitz
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Marco Durante
University of Naples Federico II
Mariagabriella Pugliese
University of Naples Federico II
V. Roca
University of Naples Federico II
Lembit Sihver
Chalmers, Applied Physics, Nuclear Engineering
F. Cucinotta
NASA Johnson Space Center
E. Semones
NASA Johnson Space Center
M. Shavers
Wyle Laboratories Life Sciences Group
V. Guarnieri
Alenia Aeronautica
C. Lobascio
Alenia Aeronautica
D. Castagnolo
MARS s.r.l.
R. Fortezza
MARS s.r.l.
Advances in Space Research
0273-1177 (ISSN) 18791948 (eISSN)
Vol. 40 11 1746-1753Subject Categories
Chemical Engineering
DOI
10.1016/j.asr.2007.04.037