A New Method for Determining the Equivalent Dose of Astronauts

Hirn, A and Pázmándi, T. and Deme, S. and Apáthy, I. and Csőke, A. and Bodnár, L. (2006) A New Method for Determining the Equivalent Dose of Astronauts. In: 4th Workshop of Young Researchers in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Publications of the Astronomy Department of the Eötvös University (17). ELTE Sokszorosítóüzeme, Budapest, pp. 37-44.

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Abstract

One of the many risks of long-duration space flights is the excessive exposure to cosmic radiation, which has great importance particularly during solar flares and higher solar activity. Since space radiation mainly consists of charged heavy particles, the equivalent dose differs significantly from the absorbed dose. The objectives of this project are to develop and manufacture a three-axis silicon detector telescope, and to develop software for data evaluation of the measured energy deposition spectra. Research and development began in the KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute several years ago. Elements of the 3D telescope system, issues of the electronic block diagram, requirements for the mechanical construction and possibilities of data handling and data evaluation are analyzed in this paper.

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