Dose Measurements on the BION-M1 satellite applying passive detector packages
Abstract
A passive detector package was developed in the past years in the Centre for Energy Research, Hungarian Academy of Science to detect cosmic ray particles, to determine their flux and dose. It consists of thermoluminescent detectors (TLD) and plastic solid state nuclear track detectors (SSNTD). In the frame of a scientific co-operation between the Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP) fourteen packages were flow within the new BION-M1 satellite program together with biological samples and detector packages from other participants. Two packages were located outside and the rest ones inside the recoverable capsule. Comparing to the previous BION and similar FOTON experiments, (all together 17 successful ones), this flight was a “champion” with the highest altitude (575 km), orbital inclination (64.9°) and flight duration (30 days). The external exposure provided a unique possibility to study not only the elevated level of cosmic rays but also the behavior of the detector packages in extreme circumstances as low temperature and pressure. The paper will summarize the construction of the detector packages, the calibration and evaluation processes, as well as, the linear energy transfer (LET) spectra, the absorbed dose and the mean quality factor. These quantities will be compared taking into consideration their location inside and outside the capsule and to the results of other participants. Also some comparison of results to the previous BION and FOTON flights and contemporary measurements on the ISS will be presented.
- Publication:
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40th COSPAR Scientific Assembly
- Pub Date:
- 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014cosp...40E3214S