Advances in space radiation physics and transport at NASA

JW Norbury, TC Slaba, S Aghara, FF Badavi… - Life Sciences in Space …, 2019 - Elsevier
The space radiation environment is a complex mixture of particle types and energies
originating from sources inside and outside of the galaxy. These environments may be …

NASA's first ground-based Galactic Cosmic Ray Simulator: Enabling a new era in space radiobiology research

LC Simonsen, TC Slaba, P Guida, A Rusek - PLoS biology, 2020 - journals.plos.org
With exciting new NASA plans for a sustainable return to the moon, astronauts will once
again leave Earth's protective magnetosphere only to endure higher levels of radiation from …

Optimal shielding thickness for galactic cosmic ray environments

TC Slaba, AA Bahadori, BD Reddell… - Life Sciences in space …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Models have been extensively used in the past to evaluate and develop material
optimization and shield design strategies for astronauts exposed to galactic cosmic rays …

The Badhwar‐O'Neill 2020 GCR Model

TC Slaba, K Whitman - Space Weather, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Badhwar‐O'Neill (BON) model has been used for some time to describe the
galactic cosmic ray (GCR) environment encountered in deep space by astronauts and …

NAIRAS aircraft radiation model development, dose climatology, and initial validation

CJ Mertens, MM Meier, S Brown, RB Norman, X Xu - 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The Nowcast of Atmospheric Ionizing Radiation for Aviation Safety (NAIRAS) is a real‐time,
global, physics‐based model used to assess radiation exposure to commercial aircrews and …

Are further cross section measurements necessary for space radiation protection or ion therapy applications? Helium projectiles

JW Norbury, G Battistoni, J Besuglow, L Bocchini… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The helium (4 He) component of the primary particles in the galactic cosmic ray spectrum
makes significant contributions to the total astronaut radiation exposure. 4 He ions are also …

Reference field specification and preliminary beam selection strategy for accelerator-based GCR simulation

TC Slaba, SR Blattnig, JW Norbury, A Rusek… - Life sciences in space …, 2016 - Elsevier
The galactic cosmic ray (GCR) simulator at the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL) is
intended to deliver the broad spectrum of particles and energies encountered in deep space …

Anthology of the development of radiation transport tools as applied to single event effects

RA Reed, RA Weller, A Akkerman… - … on Nuclear Science, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This anthology contains contributions from eleven different groups, each developing and/or
applying Monte Carlo-based radiation transport tools to simulate a variety of effects that …

Advances in NASA radiation transport research: 3DHZETRN

JW Wilson, TC Slaba, FF Badavi, BD Reddell… - Life Sciences in Space …, 2014 - Elsevier
The computationally efficient HZETRN code has been used in recent trade studies for lunar
and Martian exploration and is currently being used in the engineering development of the …

Evidence report: risk of radiation carcinogenesis

J Huff, L Carnell, S Blattnig, L Chappell, G Kerry… - 2016 - ntrs.nasa.gov
As noted by Durante and Cucinotta (2008), cancer risk caused by exposure to space
radiation is now generally considered a main hindrance to interplanetary travel for the …