Space Radiation Quality Factors and the Delta-ray Dose and Dose-Rate Effectiveness Factor

Authors

Francis A. Cucinotta, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Murat Alp, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Eliedonna Cacao, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-2016

Publication Title

Health Physics

Volume

110

Issue

3

First page number:

262

Last page number:

266

Abstract

In this paper, the authors recommend that the dose and dose-rate effectiveness factor used for space radiation risk assessments should be based on a comparison of the biological effects of energetic electrons produced along a cosmic ray particles path in low fluence exposures to high dose-rate gamma-ray exposures of doses of about 1 Gy. Methods to implement this approach are described.

Repository Citation

Cucinotta, F. A., Alp, M., Cacao, E. (2016). Space Radiation Quality Factors and the Delta-ray Dose and Dose-Rate Effectiveness Factor. Health Physics, 110(3), 262-266.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HP.0000000000000442