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Eye light flashes on the Mir space station.
Full Abstract
The phenomenon of light flashes (LF) in eyes for people in space has been investigated onboard Mir. Data on particles hitting the eye have been collected with the SilEye detectors, and correlated with human observations. It is found that a nucleus in the radiation environment of Mir has roughly a 1% probability to cause an LF, whereas the proton probability is almost three orders of magnitude less. As a function of LET, the LF probability increases above 10 keV/micrometer, reaching about 5% at around 50 keV/micrometer.c 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Author/s: Avdeev, S (S); Bidoli, V (V); Casolino, M (M); De Grandis, E (E); Furano, G (G); Morselli, A (A); Narici, L (L); De Pascale, M P (MP); Picozza, P (P); Reali, E (E); Sparvoli, R (R); Boezio, M (M); Carlson, P (P); Bonvicini, W (W); Vacchi, A (A); Zampa, N (N); Castellini, G (G); Fuglesang, C (C); Galper, A (A); Khodarovich, A (A); Ozerov, Yu (Y); Popov, A (A); Vavilov, N (N); Mazzenga, G (G); Ricci, M (M); Sannita, W G (WG); Spillantini, P (P);
Affiliation: Russian Space Corporation "Energia" Korolev, Korolev, Moscow, Russia.
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Acta astronautica (Acta Astronaut), published in England. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Apr; vol 50 (issue 8) : pp 511-25
Dates: Created 2002/04/17; Completed 2002/07/18; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 11962526, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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