• DocumentCode
    2907588
  • Title

    Background estimation in MXGS apparatus on international space station

  • Author

    Alpat, Behcet ; Menichelli, Mauro ; Caraffini, Diego ; Petasecca, Marco ; Renzi, Francesca

  • Author_Institution
    INFN, Sezione di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    14-18 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    529
  • Lastpage
    534
  • Abstract
    This paper describes a study of background estimation in Modular X- and Gamma ray Sensor (MXGS) onboard ESA´s Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) mission, using Geant4 simulations and Spenvis packages for particle flux generations.
  • Keywords
    radiation effects; space vehicle electronics; MXGS apparatus; atmosphere-space interactions monitor; background estimation; gamma ray sensor; international space station; modular X-ray sensor; particle flux generation; Atmospheric modeling; Crystals; Detectors; Electron traps; Face; Orbits; Protons; Environmental radiation effects; Monte Carlo background estimation; Semiconductor device radiation effects; Space station based experiment;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radiation and Its Effects on Components and Systems (RADECS), 2009 European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Bruges
  • ISSN
    0379-6566
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0492-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0379-6566
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RADECS.2009.5994708
  • Filename
    5994708