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Total Dose Effects (TDE) of heavy ionizing radiation in fungus spores and plant seeds: Preliminary investigationsThe opportunity to compare cosmic radiation effects caused during long and short duration exposure flights in biological objects are limited until now, and data obtained so far are very rare and insufficient. Because of the very long exposure of the experiment during the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) mission (approximately 2000 days) structural changes of the hardware material can be expected which will influence its biocompatibility and, thus, will interact with the radiobiological effects. The aim of the experiment flown on LDEF was a detailed investigation of biological effects caused by cosmic radiation especially of particles of high atomic number Z and high energy. The flight hardware consisted of standard BIOSTACK containers; in these containers a special sandwich construction consisted of visual plastic detectors with seed rsp. spore layers interlocked.
Document ID
19920017881
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Kranz, A. R.
(Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Univ. Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Zimmermann, M. W.
(Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Univ. Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Stadler, R.
(Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Univ. Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Gartenbach, K. E.
(Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Univ. Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Pickert, M.
(Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Univ. Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Langley Research Center, LDEF: 69 Months in Space. First Post-Retrieval Symposium, Part 3
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Accession Number
92N27124
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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