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Radiation exposure of LDEF: Initial resultsInitial results from Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) include radiation detector measurements from four experiments; P0006, P0004, M0004, and A0015. The detectors were located on both the leading and trailing edges of the orbiter and also at the Earthside end. This allowed the directional dependence of the incoming radiation to be measured. Total absorbed doses from thermoluminescent detectors (TLDs) verified the predicted spatial east-west dose dependence of a factor of approx. 2.5, due to trapped proton anisotropy in the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA). On the trailing edge of the orbiter, a range of doses from 664 to 291 rad were measured under nominal shielding of 0.42 to 8.45 g/sq cm. A second set of detectors near this locations results are also given. On the leading edge, doses of 258 to 210 rad were found under shielding of 1.25 to 2.48 g/sq cm. Initial charged particle LET (linear energy transfer) spectra, fluxes, doses, and dose equivalents, for LET in H2O greater than or = 5 keV/micron, were measured with plastic nuclear track detectors located in the four experiments. Also, preliminary data on low energy neutrons were obtained from detectors containing (6)LiF foils.
Document ID
19910015679
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Benton, E. V.
(San Francisco Univ. CA., United States)
Frank, A. L.
(San Francisco Univ. CA., United States)
Benton, E. R.
(San Francisco Univ. CA., United States)
Csige, I.
(San Francisco Univ. CA., United States)
Parnell, T. A.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL., United States)
Watts, John W., Jr.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: NASA, Langley Research Center, First LDEF Post-Retrieval Symposium Abstracts
Subject Category
Atomic And Molecular Physics
Accession Number
91N24993
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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