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Biological Effects and Physics of Solar and Galactic Cosmic Radiation pp 181–185Cite as

Heavy-Ion Fragmentation Studies in Thick Water Absorbers

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Proposed long-term space missions could expose crewmembers to significant fluxes of galactic cosmic radiation (GCR) particles and secondary particles created from nuclear collisions. An assessment of radiobiological risks is dependent upon an accurate description of the charged-particle radiation field inside the human body.

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  1. M. R. Shavers

    Present address: Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-3133, USA

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  1. Research Medicine and Radiation Biophysics Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 29/100 #1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    M. R. Shavers, J. Miller & W. Schimmerling

  2. High Energy Science Branch, NASA Langley Research Center, M. S. #493, Hampton, VA, 23665, USA

    J. W. Wilson & L. W. Townsend

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  1. Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    Charles E. Swenberg

  2. Complexity Incorporated, Potomac, Maryland, USA

    Charles E. Swenberg

  3. DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Cologne, Germany

    Gerda Horneck

  4. NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA

    E. G. Stassinopoulos

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Shavers, M.R., Miller, J., Schimmerling, W., Wilson, J.W., Townsend, L.W. (1993). Heavy-Ion Fragmentation Studies in Thick Water Absorbers. In: Swenberg, C.E., Horneck, G., Stassinopoulos, E.G. (eds) Biological Effects and Physics of Solar and Galactic Cosmic Radiation. NATO ASI Series, vol 243B. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2916-3_11

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