The USNA MIDN microdosimeter instrument Conference Paper
| Authors: | Pisacane, V. L.; Ziegler, J. F.; Nelson, M. E.; Dolecek, Q.; Heyne, J.; Veade, T.; Rosenfeld, A. B.; Cucinotta, F. A.; Zaider, M.; Dicello, J. F. |
| Title: | The USNA MIDN microdosimeter instrument |
| Conference Title: | 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit |
| Abstract: | This paper describes the MIcroDosimetry iNstrument (MIDN) mission now under development at the United States Naval Academy. The instrument is manifested to fly on the MidSTAR-1 spacecraft, which is the second spacecraft to be developed and launched by the Academy's faculty and midshipmen. Launch is scheduled for 1 September 2006 on an ATLAS-5 launch vehicle. MIDN is a rugged, portable, low power, low mass, solid-state microdosimeter designed to measure in real time the energy distributions of energy deposited by radiation in microscopic volumes. The MIDN microdosimeter sensor is a reverse-biased silicon p-n junction array in a Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) configuration. Microdosimetric frequency distributions as a function of lineal energies determine the radiation quality factors in support of radiation risk estimation to humans. |
| Keywords: | dosimeters; silicon on insulator technology; sensors; microdosimeters; midstar-1 spacecraft; p-n junctions; united states naval academy; scheduling; semiconductor junctions; spacecraft |
| Journal Title | 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit |
| Conference Dates: | 2005 Jan 10-13 |
| Conference Location: | Reno, NV |
| ISBN: | 978-1-62410-064-2 |
| Publisher: | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| Date Published: | 2005-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 11989 |
| End Page: | 12000 |
| Language: | English |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| DOI: | 10.2514/6.2005-272 |
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| Notes: | --- - 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Meeting Papers - Aeros. Sci. Meet. Exhib. Meet. Pap. - "Conference code: 66366" - "Export Date: 24 October 2012" - "Sponsors: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AIAA" - 10 January 2005 through 13 January 2005 - "Source: Scopus" |
