TY - JOUR
T1 - Worst case solar energetic particle events for deep space missions
AU - Townsend, Lawrence W.
AU - Stephens, Daniel L.
AU - Hoff, Jennifer L.
AU - Braley, G. Scott
AU - Moussa, Hanna M.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Over the past two decades, various models of "worst case" solar energetic particle event (SPE) spectra have been proposed in order to place an upper bound on the likely doses to critical body organs of astronauts on missions outside Earth's geomagnetic field. In this work, direct comparisons of organ dose estimates for various models of "worst case" SPE spectra are made by using the same transport code (BRYNTRN) and the same human geometry model (Computerized Anatomical Man). The calculations are made assuming nominal thicknesses of spacecraft aluminum shielding. Discussions of possible acute exposure responses from these exposures are presented.
AB - Over the past two decades, various models of "worst case" solar energetic particle event (SPE) spectra have been proposed in order to place an upper bound on the likely doses to critical body organs of astronauts on missions outside Earth's geomagnetic field. In this work, direct comparisons of organ dose estimates for various models of "worst case" SPE spectra are made by using the same transport code (BRYNTRN) and the same human geometry model (Computerized Anatomical Man). The calculations are made assuming nominal thicknesses of spacecraft aluminum shielding. Discussions of possible acute exposure responses from these exposures are presented.
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U2 - 10.4271/2001-01-2330
DO - 10.4271/2001-01-2330
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85072479502
SN - 0148-7191
JO - SAE Technical Papers
JF - SAE Technical Papers
T2 - 31st International Conference on Environmental Systems
Y2 - 9 July 2001 through 12 July 2001
ER -