title: TEPC measurements obtained on the Mir space station.
abstract: Measurements of the radiation environment inside the Mir space station were performed with a tissue equivalent proportional counter (TEPC) during the Antares mission in 1992, and over a long period following it. Interesting results concerning radiation measurements show (a) the South Atlantic Anomaly crossing, (b) the increase of radiation near the poles, and (c) the effects of solar particle events (the most important one occurring in early November 1992). This data also provides information about the dose and the quality factor of the radiation to which the cosmonauts were exposed during different missions. These data are compared with measurements obtained using a solid state detector.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety, IRSN, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France. jeanfrancois.bottollier@irsn.fr
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bottollier-Depois
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siegrist
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Petrov
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Shurshakov
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bengin
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Koslova
mesh_terms: D001110:Arctic Regions; D018480:Astronauts; D001267:Atlantic Ocean; D003359:Cosmic Radiation; D006801:Humans; D018499:Linear Energy Transfer; D011522:Protons; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019445:Solar Activity; D013020:South America; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018531:Spacecraft / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014893:Weightlessness
chemical_list: D011522:Protons