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16604611

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-4 Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-4-10
pubmed:abstractText
Radiation dosimetry for manned spaced missions depends on the ability to adequately describe the process of high-energy ion transport through many materials. Since the types of possible nuclear interactions are many and complex, transport models are used which depend upon a reliable source of experimental data. To expand the heavy ion database used in the models we have been measuring charge-changing cross sections and fragment production cross sections from heavy-ion interactions in various elementa targets. These include materials flown on space missions such as carbon and aluminium, as well as those important in radiation dosimetry such as hydrogen, nitrogen and water. Measuring heavy-ion fragmentation through these targets also gives us the ability to determine the effectiveness of new materials proposed for shielding such as graphite composites and polyethylene hybrids. Measurement without a target present gives an indication of the level of contamination of the primary beam, which is also important in radiobiology experiments.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0144-8420
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
116
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
123-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Shielding and fragmentation studies.
pubmed:affiliation
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, MS74-197, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. cjzeitlin@lbl.gov
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article