Dose Build-up of High-energy 1H and 4He Ions in Standard, Innovative and In Situ Shielding Materials for Space Radiation: Measurements and Simulations.
Francesca Luoni, Uli Weber, Alica Karin Lang, Moritz Westermayer, Felix Horst, Marcello Baricco, Luca Bocchini, Martina Giraudo, Giovanni Santin, Christoph Schuy, Marco Durante, Daria Boscolo
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Abstract
Galactic cosmic rays (GCR) are among the biggest hindrances to crewed space exploration. The ions contributing the most to fluence and absorbed dose in free space are 1H and 4He. In addition, their contribution to dose equivalent increases behind thick shields. In this work, the results of depth-dose measurements performed with high-energy 1H and 4He ions (2 GeV and 480 MeV 1H, and 430 MeV/u 4He) in structural (aluminum alloy), standard (PMMA and high-density polyethylene), innovative (lithium hydride) and in situ (Moon regolith simulant) shielding materials are presented. A strong dose build-up effect, due to target fragments and secondary protons, is observed in the first part of the Bragg curve for all the tested ion beams. The experimental results are compared to the Monte Carlo simulation tools most used for radiation protection in space, i.e., different physics lists of Geant4, PHITS, and FLUKA.
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Radiation Research publishes original articles dealing with radiation effects and related subjects in the areas of physics, chemistry, biology
and medicine, including epidemiology and translational research. The term radiation is used in its broadest sense and includes specifically
ionizing radiation and ultraviolet, visible and infrared light as well as microwaves, ultrasound and heat. Effects may be physical, chemical or
biological. Related subjects include (but are not limited to) dosimetry methods and instrumentation, isotope techniques and studies with
chemical agents contributing to the understanding of radiation effects.
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