Status and Perspectives of the ALTCRISS project on board the International Space Station
- Paper number
IAC-07-A2.6.04
- Author
Dr. Marco Casolino, National Insitute of Nuclear Physics - INFN, Italy
- Coauthor
Dr. Dario Castagnolo, MARS s.r.l., Italy
- Coauthor
Dr. Raimondo Fortezza, MARS s.r.l., Italy
- Year
2007
- Abstract
The Altcriss project aims to perform a long term survey of the radiation environment on board the International Space Station. Measurements are being performed with active and passive devices in different locations and orientations of the Russian segment of the station. The goal is to perform a detailed evaluation of the differences in particle fluence and nuclear composition due to different shielding material and attitude of the station. The Sileye-3/Alteino detector is used to identify nuclei up to Iron in the energy range above ≃ 60 MeV/n. Several passive dosimeters (TLDs, CR39) are also placed in the same location of Sileye-3 detector. Polyethylene shielding is periodically interposed in front of the detectors to evaluate the effectiveness of shielding on the nuclear component of the cosmic radiation. The project was submitted to ESA in reply to the AO in the Life and Physical Science of 2004 and data taking began in December 2005. Dosimeters and data cards are rotated every six months: up to now four launches of dosimeters and data cards have been performed. Sample and data card have been returned at the end of expedition 12 and 13 and the Astrolab mission. In this work will describe the experiment objectives, ans planning as well as the results and perspectives.
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