title: Study with a multi-threshold HZE-particle dosimeter using plastic detectors.
abstract: During the Apollo 16 and 17 missions two units of the Biostack experiment were exposed to cosmic radiation. In this experiment plastic detector sheets were used for recording and tracing the heavy ions. In some of these sheets the integral energy loss spectrum was measured. The measurements were performed in two different cellulose nitrate materials and in Lexan polycarbonate under 4 g cm-2 and 20 g cm-2 absorber thickness. The individual materials have different energy loss thresholds for the registration of heavy ions. The measured number of particles per cm2 with an restricted energy loss REL greater than REL0, follows a power law a REL(b) with b= -2.18 +/- 0.1 while the value of a depends on the exposure time and the absorber thickness. Calculations show that more than 70% of the fluence in the measured REL region is coming from particles with Z> or =20.
authors.affiliation: Institut fur reine und angewandte Kernphysik der Christian Albrechts Universitat, Kiel, FRG.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beaujean
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Enge
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Herrmann
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Bartholoma
mesh_terms: D003101:Collodion; D003359:Cosmic Radiation; D020450:Heavy Ions; D011108:Polymers; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011874:Radiometry; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014893:Weightlessness
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; C017902:lexan; D003101:Collodion