Gautam D. Badhwar , Leslie A. Braby , Frank A. Cucinotta , William Atwell
{"title":"Dose rate, dose-equivalent rate, and quality factor in SLS-1","authors":"Gautam D. Badhwar , Leslie A. Braby , Frank A. Cucinotta , William Atwell","doi":"10.1016/1359-0189(92)90030-Y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/1359-0189(92)90030-Y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A tissue-equivalent proportional counter (TEPC) sensitive to the lineal energy range of 0.26–300 keV μm<sup>-1</sup> was flown on STS-40 (39° × 278 km × 296 km) inside the Spacelab. This instrument was previously flown on STS-31 but was modified to provide a finer resolution at lower lineal energies to better map the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) protons. The instrument was turned on 6 June 1991, and operated for 7470 min (124.5h).The flight duration was characterized by a very large number of X-ray solar flares and enhanced magnetic field fluctuations; however, no significant dose from the solar particles was measured at the location of this instrument. The flight data can be separated into trapped and galactic cosmic radiation parts. The dose rate, dose-equivalent rate and quality factor for trapped radiation were 4.21 ± 0.03 mrad day<sup>−1</sup>, 7.72±0.05 mrem day<sup>−1</sup>, and 1.83±0.1, respectively. The dose rate, dose-equivalent rate, and quality factor for galactic cosmic radiation were 5.34±0.03 mrad day<sup>−1</sup> 14.63±0.06 mrem day<sup>−1</sup>, and 2.74±0.1, respectively. The overall quality factor for the flight was 2.38. The dose from the GCR is higher than from SAA protons because of the high inclination and low altitude of this flight. The AP8MAX model of the trapped radiation gives a dose rate of 2.43 mrad day<sup>−1</sup> and a quality factor of 1.77. The CREME solar maximum model of galactic cosmic radiation gives a dose rate of 2.54 mrad day<sup>−1</sup> and a quality factor of 2.91. Thus the AP8MAX model underestimates the dose by a factor of 1.8 whereas the CREME model leads to an underestimation of the dose by a factor of 2. A comparison of the LET spectra using the AP8MAX model and galactic cosmic radiation transport codes shows only a qualitative agreement.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":81549,"journal":{"name":"International Journal Of Radiation Applications And Instrumentation. Part D, Nuclear Tracks And Radiation Measurements","volume":"20 3","pages":"Pages 447-451"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/1359-0189(92)90030-Y","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71784132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Registration properties of different types of CR-39 in vacuum conditions of irradiation","authors":"A.N. Golovchenko, S.P. Tretyakova","doi":"10.1016/1359-0189(92)90040-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/1359-0189(92)90040-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sensitivity changes of different types of CR-39 (Pershore, Tastrak, Intercast, MA-ND/α) as a function of the holding time of the detectors in a vacuum chamber at the residual pressure <em>P</em>≈2 × 10<sup>-2</sup> and ≈5 × 10<sup>−3</sup> Pa before their irradiation with α-particles from a thin <sup>238</sup>Pu source and accelerated charged ions with atomic number <em>Z</em> = 2−10 and energy of 9.1 MeV nucl<sup>−1</sup> has been studied. Polymer manufactured by the Intercast Company turned out to be the most stable with regard to vacuum effect and the sensitivity of the detector does not change up to REL<sub>200</sub>≈1 MeV cm<sup>2</sup> mg<sup>−1</sup> in the described experimental conditions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":81549,"journal":{"name":"International Journal Of Radiation Applications And Instrumentation. Part D, Nuclear Tracks And Radiation Measurements","volume":"20 3","pages":"Pages 521-523"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/1359-0189(92)90040-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71784550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determination of radon exhalation rates from Canadian building materials with an internal proportional counter","authors":"Lubomir Zikovsky","doi":"10.1016/1359-0189(92)90041-S","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/1359-0189(92)90041-S","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Radon exhalation rates of 11 typical Canadian building materials (55 different samples) range from very low (<0.1 nBq g<sup>−1</sup> s<sup>−1</sup> or <0.1 nBq cm<sup>−2</sup> s<sup>−1</sup>) to moderate (19 nBq g<sup>−1</sup> s<sup>−1</sup> and 22 nBq cm<sup>−2</sup> s<sup>−1</sup>. Wood, glass, slate and marble have low exhalation rates (≈0.1 nBq g<sup>−1</sup> s<sup>−1</sup>) while ceramic tiles, concrete, fiberglass, gravel and gypsum have mean rates which vary from 0.7 to 5.4 nBq g<sup>-1</sup> s<sup>−1</sup> and from 0.4 to 5.1 nBq cm<sup>−2</sup> s<sup>−1</sup>. Concrete is the strongest emanator among the materials studied.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":81549,"journal":{"name":"International Journal Of Radiation Applications And Instrumentation. Part D, Nuclear Tracks And Radiation Measurements","volume":"20 3","pages":"Pages 525-527"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/1359-0189(92)90041-S","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71784551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determination of radon exhalation rates from Canadian building materials with an internal proportional counter","authors":"L. Zikovsky","doi":"10.1016/1359-0189(92)90041-S","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/1359-0189(92)90041-S","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":81549,"journal":{"name":"International Journal Of Radiation Applications And Instrumentation. Part D, Nuclear Tracks And Radiation Measurements","volume":"32 1","pages":"525-527"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86467510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P.H. Fowler, M.R.W. Masheder, R.N.F. Walker, A. Worley
{"title":"Iron fluxes from Ariel-6 workshop ICRC, Dublin, August 1991","authors":"P.H. Fowler, M.R.W. Masheder, R.N.F. Walker, A. Worley","doi":"10.1016/1359-0189(92)90027-S","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/1359-0189(92)90027-S","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The workshop is concerned with the re-evaluation of radiation levels due to cosmic ray primaries in space, so as to provide the best estimates of the radiation hazard for manned space flights to the vicinity of Mars. This will determine the amount of shielding required.</p><p>As has been recognized for at least 30 yr, the Fe component is the most important single source of the radiation damage—it is abundant, it has high ionization loss and gives tracks with high LET that have a “quality factor”, QF, equal to 20 for radiation hazard estimates. Hitherto, cosmic ray charge spectra have been obtained using Fe or Si as a substandard, with the absolute flux values being somewhat uncertain. Hence this workshop and hence our response to it.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":81549,"journal":{"name":"International Journal Of Radiation Applications And Instrumentation. Part D, Nuclear Tracks And Radiation Measurements","volume":"20 3","pages":"Pages 423-425"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/1359-0189(92)90027-S","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71784127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An improved model of galactic cosmic radiation for space exploration missions","authors":"G.D. Badhwar, P.M. O'Neill","doi":"10.1016/1359-0189(92)90024-P","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/1359-0189(92)90024-P","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The need for an accurate model that describes the galactic cosmic radiation, GCR, environment is becoming increasingly important in light of planned space exploration missions. There is concern about the effects of heavy ions on crew health and electronic components. Recent studies have indicated that H, He, C, O, Ne, Mg, Si and Fe nuclei contribute about 80% of the radiation dose-equivalent under realistic shielding conditions. Small uncertainties in the absolute differential flux of these particles lead to large uncertainties in the amount of shielding mass needed for crew radiation protection. The absolute flux and the associated errors have received less attention than charge composition measurements. The Naval Research Laboratory (Adams, 1986) developed a comprehensive model, called the CREME model, that summarized the then-existing GCR data in terms of empirical fits. This model has been used for GCR intensities for shielding and single event upset studies. The main weakness of this model lies in its simple treatment of the solar modulation. In this paper we describe the results of a systematic study of existing data from 1965 to 1990 to derive a more accurate GCR environment model. We have fitted the hydrogen, helium, and iron spectra from 1965 to 1990, and have shown that a consistent set of local interstellar spectra and solar modulation parameters can be developed that applies to all species. A thorough analysis of uncertainties shows that the model spectra can be defined to an absolute accuracy of ±10%. A reference spectrum at solar minimum, which will be the limiting GCR spectrum for exploratory class missions, has been defined.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":81549,"journal":{"name":"International Journal Of Radiation Applications And Instrumentation. Part D, Nuclear Tracks And Radiation Measurements","volume":"20 3","pages":"Pages 403-410"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/1359-0189(92)90024-P","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71784128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sensitivity study of CR-39 plastic track detectors","authors":"Y.D. He, P.B. Price","doi":"10.1016/1359-0189(92)90035-T","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/1359-0189(92)90035-T","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With the goal of increasing the sensitivity of CR-39 plastic track-recording detectors, samples of plastics that contain antioxidant additives were made by Tastrak (Bristol, U.K.) and evaluated by us with a Bevalac exposure at the University of California, Berkeley. The results show that CR-39 containing 100 ppm Naugard additives but no plasticizer DOS has higher sensitivity than standard CR-39 plastic in the tested range of <em>Z</em><sub>eff</sub>/β = 7–12. However, no nuclei with <em>Z</em>≦5 were recorded in any of the samples, indicating that the detection threshold of the calibrated CR-39 samples (<em>Z</em><sub>eff</sub>/β)<sub>threshold</sub> was ≧6.1.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":81549,"journal":{"name":"International Journal Of Radiation Applications And Instrumentation. Part D, Nuclear Tracks And Radiation Measurements","volume":"20 3","pages":"Pages 491-494"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/1359-0189(92)90035-T","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71784544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new method for internal calibration of nuclear track detectors","authors":"K. Oda , I. Csige , R.P. Henke, E.V. Benton","doi":"10.1016/1359-0189(92)90037-V","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/1359-0189(92)90037-V","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A new technique is proposed for an internal calibration of a two-layer detector assembly. Spatially coincident pairs of conical tracks on one surface and overetched tracks on the adjacent surface are selected for measurement. Both the etch rate ratio and the particle range can be obtained from the minor and major diameters of the elliptical track and the radii of the circular tracks for two etching steps. This technique was applied to CR-39 detectors exposed to fast neutrons and those flown on a high altitude balloon in order to evaluate the proton response. An improvement by using multi-step etching was also carried out. It was found that not only a single set of the etch rate ratio and the range but also the response curve could be estimated in an extended region by analyzing combined growth curves.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":81549,"journal":{"name":"International Journal Of Radiation Applications And Instrumentation. Part D, Nuclear Tracks And Radiation Measurements","volume":"20 3","pages":"Pages 505-510"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/1359-0189(92)90037-V","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71784546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On registration properties of intercast company CR-39","authors":"A.N. Golovchenko","doi":"10.1016/1359-0189(92)90039-X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/1359-0189(92)90039-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The CR-39 response function, <em>V</em>(REL<sub>200</sub>), has been determined by using the accelerated particles of intermediate (<sup>2</sup>H, <sup>4</sup>He, <sup>12</sup>C, <sup>16</sup>O, <sup>20</sup>Ne and <sup>40</sup>Ar) and relativistic (<sup>19</sup>F) energies. The irradiated detectors were etched in 6N NaOH kept at 70°C. It has been shown that the response curve can be expressed in the REL<sub>200</sub> range under investigation (from ≈0.03 MeV cm<sup>2</sup>mg<sup>−1</sup> to ≈10.3 MeV cm<sup>2</sup>mg<sup>−1</sup>) as follows: <span><span><span><math><mtext>V(</mtext><mtext>REL</mtext><msub><mi></mi><mn>200</mn></msub><mtext>) = 1 + α</mtext><msub><mi></mi><mn>1</mn></msub><mtext> · </mtext><mtext>REL</mtext><msup><mi></mi><mn><mtext>β</mtext><msub><mi></mi><mn>1</mn></msub></mn></msup><msub><mi></mi><mn>200</mn></msub><mtext> + α</mtext><msub><mi></mi><mn>2</mn></msub><mtext> · </mtext><mtext>REL</mtext><msup><mi></mi><mn><mtext>β</mtext><msub><mi></mi><mn>1</mn></msub></mn></msup><msub><mi></mi><mn>200</mn></msub></math></span></span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":81549,"journal":{"name":"International Journal Of Radiation Applications And Instrumentation. Part D, Nuclear Tracks And Radiation Measurements","volume":"20 3","pages":"Pages 517-519"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/1359-0189(92)90039-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71784549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Derrickson, T. Parnell, R. W. Austin, W. J. Selig, J. Gregory
{"title":"A measurement of the absolute energy spectra of galactic cosmic rays during the 1976–77 solar minimum","authors":"J. Derrickson, T. Parnell, R. W. Austin, W. J. Selig, J. Gregory","doi":"10.1016/1359-0189(92)90026-R","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/1359-0189(92)90026-R","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":81549,"journal":{"name":"International Journal Of Radiation Applications And Instrumentation. Part D, Nuclear Tracks And Radiation Measurements","volume":"97 1","pages":"415-421"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80528380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}