title: Calibration of modified Liulin detector for cosmic radiation measurements on-board aircraft.
abstract: The annual effective doses of aircrew members often exceed the limit of 1 mSv for the public due to the increased level of cosmic radiation at the flight altitudes, and thus, it is recommended to monitor them. Aircrew dosimetry is usually performed using special computer programs mostly based on results of Monte Carlo simulations. Contemporary, detectors are used mostly for validation of these computer codes, verification of effective dose calculations and for research purposes. One of such detectors is active silicon semiconductor deposited energy spectrometer Liulin. Output quantities of measurement with the Liulin detector are the absorbed dose in silicon D and the ambient dose equivalent H*(10); to determine it, two calibrations are necessary. The purpose of this work was to develop a calibration methodology that can be used to convert signal from the detector to D independently on calibration performed at Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator facility in Chiba, Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Dosimetry, Nuclear Physics Institute of the ASCR, Na Truhlářce 39/64, Prague 180 00, Czech Republic Department of Dosimetry and Application of Ionizing Radiation, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Břehová 7, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic kyselova@hroch.ujf.cas.cz.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kyselová
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Dosimetry, Nuclear Physics Institute of the ASCR, Na Truhlářce 39/64, Prague 180 00, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ambrožová
authors.affiliation: Department of Accelerators, Nuclear Physics Institute ASCR, Husinec 130, Řež 250 68, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Krist
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Dosimetry, Nuclear Physics Institute of the ASCR, Na Truhlářce 39/64, Prague 180 00, Czech Republic Department of Dosimetry and Application of Ionizing Radiation, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Břehová 7, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kubančák
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uchihori
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Dosimetry, Nuclear Physics Institute of the ASCR, Na Truhlářce 39/64, Prague 180 00, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ploc
mesh_terms: D065638:Absorption, Radiation; D000401:Aircraft / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000531:Altitude; D002138:Calibration; D003359:Cosmic Radiation; D004867:Equipment Design; D020450:Heavy Ions; D006801:Humans; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D009502:Neutrons; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards; D000069079:Radiation Exposure; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011868:Radioisotopes; D012666:Semiconductors; D012825:Silicon; D019445:Solar Activity
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes; D012825:Silicon