Open AccessTime‐dependent estimates of organ dose and dose equivalent rates for human crews in deep space from the 26 October 2003 solar energetic particle event (Halloween event) using the Earth‐Moon‐Mars Radiation Environment Module
Author(s) -
PourArsalan M.,
Townsend L. W.,
Schwadron N. A.,
Kozarev K.,
Dayeh M. A.,
Desai M. I.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
space weather
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.254
H-Index - 56
ISSN - 1542-7390
DOI - 10.1029/2009sw000533
Subject(s) - mars exploration program , event (particle physics) , equivalent dose , nasa deep space network , crew , astrobiology , radiation , particle (ecology) , physics , electromagnetic shielding , interplanetary spaceflight , solar energetic particles , spacecraft , environmental science , aerospace engineering , astrophysics , astronomy , aeronautics , coronal mass ejection , engineering , optics , geology , solar wind , nuclear physics , oceanography , plasma , quantum mechanics
The Earth‐Moon‐Mars Radiation Environment Module is being developed for use by a broad spectrum of researchers to predict energetic particle intensities and radiation exposures at any location in deep space. In this work we demonstrate the capabilities of the module for performing analyses of time‐dependent exposures from solar energetic particle events at various locations in space by calculating cumulative dose and dose equivalent, and their time rates of change, for the skin and bone marrow of crew members shielded by as much as 10 g/cm 2 of aluminum shielding for the Halloween events of late October 2003.