title: Dosimetry of secondary cosmic radiation up to an altitude of 30 km.
abstract: Dosimetric measurements in the field of secondary cosmic radiation were extensively made during the last years. Since the majority of these measurements were performed on-board passenger aircraft at altitudes between 10 and 12 km, measurements at higher altitudes are desirable for the verification of the legal dose assessment procedures for aircrew. A simple solution is to use a high-altitude balloon that reaches altitudes as high as 30 km. In this work, it is shown that the dose rate profile up to 30 km can be measured with acceptable uncertainties using a Si-detector.
authors.affiliation: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Bundesallee 100, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany frank.wissmann@ptb.de.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wissmann
authors.affiliation: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Bundesallee 100, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Burda
authors.affiliation: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Bundesallee 100, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khurana
authors.affiliation: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Bundesallee 100, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Klages
authors.affiliation: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Bundesallee 100, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Langner
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine / Q000379:methods; D000401:Aircraft; D000531:Altitude; D001359:Aviation; D002138:Calibration; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003359:Cosmic Radiation; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D011312:Pressure; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D012825:Silicon