A solid-state microdosimeter for dose and radiation quality monitoring for astronauts in space

Authors

Stefania Peracchi, University of WollongongFollow
Linh T. Tran, University of WollongongFollow
Benjamin James, University of WollongongFollow
David Bolst, University of WollongongFollow
Dale A. Prokopovich, University of WollongongFollow
Jeremy A. Davis, University of WollongongFollow
Susanna Guatelli, University of WollongongFollow
Marco Petasecca, University of WollongongFollow
Michael L. F Lerch, University of WollongongFollow
N Matsufuji
Angela Kok
M Povoli
M Jackson
Anatoly B. Rosenfeld, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

139181

Publication Details

Peracchi, S., Tran, T., James, B., Bolst, D., Prokopovich, D., Davis, J., Guatelli, S., Petasecca, M., Lerch, M., Matsufuji, N., Kok, A., Povoli, M., Jackson, M. & Rozenfeld, A. (2020). A solid-state microdosimeter for dose and radiation quality monitoring for astronauts in space. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science,

Abstract

IEEE This paper presents a study of the response of the silicon on insulator (SOI) microdosimeter with 3-dimensional (3D) sensitive volumes (SV) to 400 MeV/u 16O and 500 MeV/u 56Fe ions mimicking Galactic Cosmic Rays outside and inside the International Space Station (ISS). An average quality factor (Q) and the dose equivalent (H) of the radiation field were obtained experimentally and the results were compared with GEANT4 simulations.