title: The intercomparison of cosmic rays with heavy ion beams at NIRS (ICCHIBAN) project.
abstract: The ICCHIBAN-2 experiment, the first dedicated to the ground-based intercomparison of passive space dosemeters, was carried out between 23 May and 28 May 2002 at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences in Chiba, Japan. The primary objective of the ICCHIBAN-2 experiment was to intercompare the response of passive dosemeters used in space crew dosimetry to monoenergetic heavy ions of charge and energy spanning a significant portion of the galactic cosmic ray (GCR) spectrum. During the ICCHIBAN-2 experiment, dosemeters from 12 different laboratories in 9 countries were irradiated under identical conditions to heavy ion beams of 150 MeV n(-1) (4)He, 400 MeV n(-1) (12)C, 490 MeV n(-1) (28)Si and 500 MeV n(-1) (56)Fe at the NIRS Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator.
authors.affiliation: International Space Radiation Laboratory, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Anagawa 4-9-1, Inage, Chiba, Japan 263-8555. nyasuda@nirs.go.jp
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uchihori
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Benton
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujitaka
mesh_terms: D003359:Cosmic Radiation; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D020450:Heavy Ions; D038622:Internationality; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012106:Research; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D013499:Surface Properties; D013819:Thermoluminescent Dosimetry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods