TY - GEN
T1 - Calculated energy loss spectra in the CRaTER detector for selected cosmic ray ions
AU - Charara, Y.
AU - Townsend, L.
AU - Moussa, H.
AU - Hatcher, R.
AU - Dudney, C.
AU - McKee, S.
AU - McKinnis, P.
AU - Ottinger, K.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - In late 2008, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission will be launched into orbit around Earth's moon. One of the objectives of this mission is to characterize the lunar radiation environment and its biological impacts on humans. For this purpose a collaboration involving research personnel from Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The University of Tennessee, The Aerospace Corporation, Air Force Research Laboratory, and the NOAA Space Environment Center successfully proposed to develop a sensor system called the Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of radiation (CRaTER). CRaTER will directly measure linear energy transfer (LET) spectra, thereby providing a direct link between the ambient environment and its biological impact on future human missions to the Moon. In this presentation, analyses of energy loss spectra and particle distributions for selected incident cosmic ray ions at a variety of relevant energies will be presented for the CRaTER detector.
AB - In late 2008, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission will be launched into orbit around Earth's moon. One of the objectives of this mission is to characterize the lunar radiation environment and its biological impacts on humans. For this purpose a collaboration involving research personnel from Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The University of Tennessee, The Aerospace Corporation, Air Force Research Laboratory, and the NOAA Space Environment Center successfully proposed to develop a sensor system called the Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of radiation (CRaTER). CRaTER will directly measure linear energy transfer (LET) spectra, thereby providing a direct link between the ambient environment and its biological impact on future human missions to the Moon. In this presentation, analyses of energy loss spectra and particle distributions for selected incident cosmic ray ions at a variety of relevant energies will be presented for the CRaTER detector.
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U2 - 10.1109/AERO.2007.352780
DO - 10.1109/AERO.2007.352780
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34548711307
SN - 1424405254
SN - 9781424405251
T3 - IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings
BT - 2007 IEEE Aerospace Conference Digest
Y2 - 3 March 2007 through 10 March 2007
ER -