SPACE RADIATION DOSIMETRY S. Deme, KFKI AEKI, Hungary 3rd ISOE EUROPEAN WORKSHOP Portoroz, Slovenia 17-19 April 2002
Space radiation Galactic 98% ions 87% protons 12% alpha p. 1% heavier (Fe) 2% electrons Solar ~ protons (minimum - maximum activity, flares) Secondary neutrons (up to 200 MeV) - albedo - interactions with spacecraft materials
Magnetosphere of the Earth and its influence on solar radiation
Magnetic field of the Earth
LEO space radiation Magnetic shield Pole Equator Pole Dose rate
Annual dose – aeroplanes (average)
LEO space radiation Galactic (constant) + solar (time dependent) particle radiation Van Allen belt (inner) Westward - protons <600 MeV Eastward - electrons <7 MeV SAA (South - 30°)
Annual dose – orbital stations (average) Space Shuttle Space stations
charged particles Irradiation geometry secondary neutrons
Personal dosimetry Area dosimeters + calculations - proportional counters (LET spectra) - silicon telescopes (LET spectra) - Bonner spheres (depth dose, neutrons) - phantom measurements Personal dosimeters - TLDs (ground/on-board readout) - PNTDs - Bubble detectors - silicon dosimeters
Ground exposure
T0
T0+
T>T0 dose rate
T1
Shielding thickness
Dislocation of dosimeters, T2
Exposure
On-board measurement T3 Salyut-6, 1980 B. Farkas
Space Shuttle 1984 S. Ride
TLD data vs. readout time
Mir 1996 T. Reiter
On board TLD reader, Mir version
TLD data (1 h readout period)
SAA dose vs. longitude 70 60 50 40 Dose [μGy] 30 20 10 -100 -80 -60 Gaussian fit 60 measured data 50 EVA crossings 40 Dose [μGy] 30 20 10 -100 -80 -60 -40 -20 20 Longitude [degrees]
International Space Station, 2001, J. Voss
Extravehicular activity (EVA)
Location of TLDs during EVA (NASA)
Location of TLDs during EVA (Russian)
EVA dose
Gradient of dose at the surface of space station MIR
Career limit vs. age at exposure (10 y duration) males females
Space missions Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Interplanetary space Earth’s magnetosphere 90 days to 180 days Interplanetary space outside the Earth's magnetic field Solar Particle Events (SPEs) several years countermeasures are necessary
Conclusions