PHITS simulations of the Matroshka experiment
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2010

The radiation environment in space is very different from the one encountered on Earth. In addition to the sparsely ionizing radiation, there are particles of different Z with energies ranging from keV up to hundreds of GeV which can cause severe damage to both electronics and humans. It is therefore important to understand the interactions of these highly ionizing particles with different materials such as the hull of space vehicles, human organs and electronics. We have used the Particle and Heavy-Ion Transport code System (PHITS), which is a three-dimensional Monte Carlo code able to calculate interactions and transport of particles and heavy ions with energies up to 100 GeV/nucleon in most matter. PHITS is developed and maintained by a collaboration between RIST (Research Organization for Information Science & Technology), JAEA (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), KEK (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization), Japan and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. For the purpose of examining the applicability of PHITS to the shielding design we have simulated the ESA facility Matroshka (MTR) designed and lead by the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Preliminary results are presented and discussed in this paper.

PHITS

monte-carlo code

Dose estimation

targets

Space radiation

transport

cross-sections

Matroshka

mev/nucleon

facility

international-space-station

fragmentation

Simulation

Författare

Katarina Gustafsson

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Nukleär teknik

Lembit Sihver

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Nukleär teknik

C. Zeitlin

Universite de Liège

T. Sato

Japan Atomic Energy Agency

G. Reitz

Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)

T. Berger

Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)

Advances in Space Research

0273-1177 (ISSN) 18791948 (eISSN)

Vol. 46 10 1266-1272

Ämneskategorier

Subatomär fysik

DOI

10.1016/j.asr.2010.05.028

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