This thesis presents an analysis of the radiation environment on board the Russian section of the International Space Station (ISS) using data from the SilEye-3/Alteino experiment. As part of the analysis the efficiency and response of the SilEye-3/Alteino detector was studied. The relative nuclear abundance is generally in agreement with expected results. The presence of odd Z nuclei is significantly increased when compared with measurements outside the ISS. However, in ISS-y (Starboard-Ports) and z (Nadir-Zenith) directions an underabundance of carbon and oxygen nuclei is seen, whereasin x (Forward-Aft) there seemes to be an overabundance. One possible explanation is the absence of high-Z material in the ISS module wall for y and z . Whereas in x, most of the main body of the ISS is in front of the detector and the amount of high-Z material (i.e. aluminium) is large. The nalysis of fragmentation of iron into a range of secondary nuclei (15≤Z ≤25) indicates an aluminium hull equivalent thickness of 8-9 cm in y- and z-directions. For x the aluminium hull equivalence amounts to about 17 cm. Flux, LET, dose and dose equivalent rates present a clear anisotropy in the different orthogonal directions of the ISS, with rates consistently lower in x. This effect is more pronounced for the heavy-ion component (LET >50 keV/μm). Measureddose rates vary from 25 μGy/day to 75 μGy/day, depending on location, orientationand configuration of the detector. The dose equivalent varies from 50 μSv/day toalmost 470 μSv/day.The shielding effect of the polyethylene amounts to 25-37% dependent on loca-tion and orientation inside the ISS. The majority of the reduction occurs duringpassages through the SAA. A Geant4 comparison with the Phits simulations code have been preformed as an initial survey into the treatment of hadronic physics for heavy ions in Geant4. / <p>QC 20140521</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kth-145339 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | Larsson, Oscar |
| Publisher | KTH, Partikel- och astropartikelfysik, Stockholm |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Doctoral thesis, monograph, info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | TRITA-FYS, 0280-316X ; 2014:25 |
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