Cosmic ray particles with different LET values under various thicknesses of shielding in low altitude orbits: Calculations and Cosmos-2044 measurements
Abstract
Fluxes of cosmic ray particles with different LET values were measured on board the COSMOS-2044 biosatellite under various thicknesses of shielding by stacks of CR-39 and nitrocellulose plastic nuclear track detectors (mounted outside the satellite). The component composition of the particles detected under shieldings of 0.1-2.5 g cm-2 is verified by comparing experimental data with the results of model simulations of the fluxes of galactic cosmic ray particles and of radiation belt protons.
- Publication:
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In its High LET
- Pub Date:
- March 1995
- Bibcode:
- 1995hlps.reptV....B
- Keywords:
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- Biosatellites;
- Cosmic Rays;
- Linear Energy Transfer (Let);
- Low Altitude;
- Radiation Shielding;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Particle Flux Density;
- Protons;
- Radiation Belts;
- Radiation Detectors;
- Space Radiation