TY - GEN
T1 - Microdosimeter instrument (MIDN II) for personnel dosimetry
AU - Janca, Elizabeth L.
AU - Ried, Natasha L.
AU - Malak, Henryk
AU - Dicello, J. F.
AU - Pisacane, Vincent L.
PY - 2010/12/1
Y1 - 2010/12/1
N2 - The objective of this student research project is to develop an improved vacuum calibration chamber and after calibration measure the energy deposited in a silicon detector from 14.3 MeV neutrons and compare the experimental observations with estimates from a radiation transport code. This student research project supports development of a solid-state microdosimeter to measure directly radiation risk in real time in an unknown and time varying radiation field. The Microdosimeter-Dosimeter Nucleon (MIDN-II) instrument under development at the Academy will provide absorbed dose, dose equivalent, and their rates in real time, to establish regulatory exposure limits and to allow astronauts to take evasive action to minimize radiation exposure.
AB - The objective of this student research project is to develop an improved vacuum calibration chamber and after calibration measure the energy deposited in a silicon detector from 14.3 MeV neutrons and compare the experimental observations with estimates from a radiation transport code. This student research project supports development of a solid-state microdosimeter to measure directly radiation risk in real time in an unknown and time varying radiation field. The Microdosimeter-Dosimeter Nucleon (MIDN-II) instrument under development at the Academy will provide absorbed dose, dose equivalent, and their rates in real time, to establish regulatory exposure limits and to allow astronauts to take evasive action to minimize radiation exposure.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84880830601
SN - 9781600869570
T3 - 40th International Conference on Environmental Systems, ICES 2010
BT - 40th International Conference on Environmental Systems, ICES 2010
T2 - 40th International Conference on Environmental Systems, ICES 2010
Y2 - 11 July 2010 through 15 July 2010
ER -