title: Neutron production from polyethylene and common spacecraft materials.
abstract: We report experimental measurements of neutron production from collisions of neutron beams with polyethylene blocks simulating tissue at the Los Alamos National Laboratory Neutron Science Center and 1 GeV/amu iron nuclei with spacecraft shielding materials at the Brookhaven National Laboratory AGS.
authors.affiliation: Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723, USA. richard.maurer@jhuapl.edu
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Maurer
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kinnison
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Heilbronn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Zeitlin
mesh_terms: D019471:Elementary Particle Interactions; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D009502:Neutrons; D020959:Polyethylene / Q000528:radiation effects*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection; D011874:Radiometry; D018570:Risk Assessment; D018531:Spacecraft
chemical_list: D020959:Polyethylene; D007501:Iron