| Literature DB >> 26948012 |
John W Norbury1, Walter Schimmerling2, Tony C Slaba3, Edouard I Azzam4, Francis F Badavi5, Giorgio Baiocco6, Eric Benton7, Veronica Bindi8, Eleanor A Blakely9, Steve R Blattnig3, David A Boothman10, Thomas B Borak11, Richard A Britten12, Stan Curtis13, Michael Dingfelder14, Marco Durante15, William S Dynan16, Amelia J Eisch10, S Robin Elgart17, Dudley T Goodhead18, Peter M Guida19, Lawrence H Heilbronn20, Christine E Hellweg21, Janice L Huff22, Amy Kronenberg9, Chiara La Tessa19, Derek I Lowenstein19, Jack Miller9, Takashi Morita23, Livio Narici24, Gregory A Nelson25, Ryan B Norman3, Andrea Ottolenghi6, Zarana S Patel17, Guenther Reitz21, Adam Rusek19, Ann-Sofie Schreurs26, Lisa A Scott-Carnell3, Edward Semones17, Jerry W Shay10, Vyacheslav A Shurshakov27, Lembit Sihver28, Lisa C Simonsen3, Michael D Story10, Mitchell S Turker29, Yukio Uchihori30, Jacqueline Williams31, Cary J Zeitlin32.
Abstract
Most accelerator-based space radiation experiments have been performed with single ion beams at fixed energies. However, the space radiation environment consists of a wide variety of ion species with a continuous range of energies. Due to recent developments in beam switching technology implemented at the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), it is now possible to rapidly switch ion species and energies, allowing for the possibility to more realistically simulate the actual radiation environment found in space. The present paper discusses a variety of issues related to implementation of galactic cosmic ray (GCR) simulation at NSRL, especially for experiments in radiobiology. Advantages and disadvantages of different approaches to developing a GCR simulator are presented. In addition, issues common to both GCR simulation and single beam experiments are compared to issues unique to GCR simulation studies. A set of conclusions is presented as well as a discussion of the technical implementation of GCR simulation. Published by Elsevier Ltd.Entities:
Keywords: Galactic cosmic ray simulation; Space radiation
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Year: 2016 PMID： 26948012 PMCID： PMC5771487 DOI： 10.1016/j.lssr.2016.02.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Life Sci Space Res (Amst) ISSN： 2214-5524