Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Akopova, A.B.
• Magradze, N.V.
• Dudkin, V.E.
• Kovalev, E.E.
• Potapov, Yu.V.
• Benton, E.V.
• Frank, A.L.
• Benton, E.R.
• Parnell, T.A.
• Watts Jr, J.W.

Titel

Linear energy transfer (LET) spectra of cosmic radiation in low earth orbit

Ist Teil von

• International journal of radiation applications and instrumentation. Part D, Nuclear tracks and radiation measurements, 1990, Vol.17 (2), p.93-97

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

1990

Quelle

Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect (DFG Nationallizenzen)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Integral linear energy transfer (LET) spectra of cosmic radiation (CR) particles were measured on five Cosmos series spacecraft in low Earth orbit (LEO). Particular emphasis is placed on results of the Cosmos 1887 biosatellite which carried a set of joint U.S.S.R.-U.S.A. radiation experiments involving passive detectors that included thermoluminescent detectors (TLDs), plastic nuclear track detectors (PNTDs), fission foils, nuclear photo-emulsions, etc. which were located both inside and outside the spacecraft. Measured LET spectra are compared with those theoretically calculated. Results show that there is some dependence of LET spectra on orbital parameters. The results are used to estimate the CR quality factor (QF) for the Cosmos 1887 mission.