Perspectives for provision of high quality space radiation environment data using the Energetic Particle Telescope (EPT)

Author

Cyamukungu, Mathias ; Benck, Sylvie ; Cabrera, Juan ; Grégoire, Ghislain ; Bonnewijn, Sabrina ; Maes, Jeroen ; Van Ransbeeck, Emiel ; Creve, Glenn ; De Saedeleer, Jurgen ; Desoete, Bart ; Semaille, Christophe ; Valtonen, Eino ; Punkkinen, Risto ; Nieminen

Author_Institution

Center for Space Radiations (CSR), UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

fYear

2011

fDate

19-23 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

569

Lastpage

572

Abstract

Models of energetic electrons and protons at low altitudes in space display significant discrepancies. In this paper the possible causes of the observed differences between the most frequently used models are discussed, including instrument-induced data inaccuracy. In parallel, on the basis of simulations and in-beam experimental results, solutions to the instrumentation issues are described focusing on the implementation of these into the Energetic Particle Telescope.

Keywords

aerospace instrumentation; atmospheric measuring apparatus; electron detection; plasma diagnostics; proton detection; Energetic Particle Telescope; energetic electrons; energetic protons; high quality space radiation environment data; instrument-induced data inaccuracy; Aerospace electronics; Atmospheric measurements; Calibration; Instruments; Particle measurements; Protons; Sensors; EPT; Energetic Particle Telescope; Radiation Monitor; Space Radiation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radiation and Its Effects on Components and Systems (RADECS), 2011 12th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Sevilla

ISSN

0379-6566

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0585-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADECS.2011.6131438

Filename

6131438