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February 24 200614th WRMISS Workshop Dublin Castle8th -10th September 2009

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ALTEA: latest results and comparisons with other instruments

L. Narici, M. Casolino , L. Di Fino, C. M. Larosa, P. Picozza, A. Rinaldi, V. Zaconte

Department of Physics, University of Roma & INFN, Tor Vergata

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ALTEA international team

Altamura FAvdeev S.Ball S.Ballarini F.Battistoni G.Belli F.Bencardino R.Bengin V.Benton E.Bidoli V.Bisti S.Boezio M.Bonvicini W.Brunetti V.Carlson P.Carozzo S.Casolino M.Castellini G.Ciccotelli A.Cingolani G.Cotronei V.Cucinotta F.De Martino A.DePascale M.P.Di Fino L.Ferrari A.

Fuglesang C.Furano G.Galper A.Gianelli G.Khodarovich A.Korotkov M.G.Iwase H.La Tessa C.Larosa M.Lee K.Licoccia S.Maccarone R.Mancusi D.Marchetti M.Mazzenga G.Miller J.Morino V.Morselli A.Narici L.Negri B.Notaro G.Ottolenghi A.Paci M.Peachey N.S.Petrov V.P.Picozza P..

Popov A.Reali E.Ricci M. Rinaldi A.Romagnoli P.Russo M.Ruggieri D.Salnitski V.P.Sannita W.G.Sato T.Schardt D.Semones E.Shavers M.Shevchenko O.I.Shurshakov V.ASihver L.Sparvoli R.Spillantini P.Trukhanov K.A.Vacchi A.Vavilov N.Vazquez M.Vittori R.Zaconte V.Zampa N.Zapp N.

Dept. di Physics, Univ. of Rome "Tor Vergata" and INFN Sect. Roma2 , RomaDept of Physics, Univ. of Pavia, Pavia Dept of Physics, Univ. of Milan, MilanDISM-Univ. of Genoa, GenoaL.N.F. - INFN, Frascati (Rome)CERN - INFNDept. of Physics,Univ. e Sect. INFN of Trieste, Perugia, FirenzeDept. of Sc. and Chemical Tec., Univ. of Rome "Tor Vergata”Dept. of STB - Univ. of L’Aquila, L’AquilaGSI - Biophysik, Darmstadt, GermanyRoyal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, SwedenChalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Institute for BioMedical Problems, Moscow, Russia. Russian Space Corporation "Energia" by name Korolev, Korolev, Moscow region, RussiaMoscow State Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia

Johnson Space Center, NASA, Houston TX, USABrookhaven National Laboratory, NY, USALawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA, USACole Eye institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USAWyle Laboratories, TX, USAEril Research, CA, USA

+ others joining in

JAERI, Japan

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ALTEA major goals

- measure radiation environment in the ISS during quiet and SPE periods

- study interaction between ionizing radiation and CNS

(starting with Light Flashes phenomenon)

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ALTEA modalities

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DOSICNSM


ALTEA up periods

CNSM sessions

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Dec 2006 SPE2006 Aug 2006

2007

2008We are hereASI-NASA MoA

1 6 12

2009ALTEA-shield?

2010


ALTEA: 2006 radiation spectrum

fast particles

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ALTEA SPE (Dec 2006)

ALTEA particle rate

>=100 >=50 >=10 MeV

SAA

longitude effect

Flare• Different shapes of proton flux dynamics

• Different changesin ALTEA rate

GOES proton flux

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ALTEA SPE (Dec 2006) - 2

Spectrum peaks are fitted with Landau curves

Par

t/(s

m^2

sr)

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ALTEA simulation

Input:CREME96

Hull:ALTEA

estimation

Transport:CREME96

ALTEASimulation:

PHITS

Straggling:Bichsel 1988

Simulation

ALTEA

innerrelati

veabundance

s

ALTEA measurements

Best fit for Hull thickness ≈ 5 cm (Al)

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Thanks toThomas Berger (DLR) Soenke Burmeister (Kiel Univ.)Kerry Lee, Eddie Semones (NASA)

ALTEA LET comparison

ALTEA 2009 max USLabALTEA 2009 min USLabALTEA 2007 USLabTEPC July 2007 USLabDOSIS June 2009 Columbus

Simulation

O

C

Ne Mg

SAr Fe

Alteino Aug 2008 FGB


ALTEA – Alteino C N O

Alteino 2005 Dec PIRS

Alteino 2008 Jul FGB

Alteino 2008 Aug FGB

ALTEA 2009 USLab

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ALTEA angular distribution

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Nov 2007 (second week) June 2009


ALTEA angular distribution - 22006

2006 time frame (~7 days): GMT306-312

2009 time frame (~52 days): GMT152-163; GMT163-169; GMT181-185; GMT205-222; GMT222-229; GMT231-233

2009


ALTEA – Shuttle docking 1

Aug 24 Aug 25 Aug 26 Aug 27 Aug 28 Aug 29 Aug 30 Aug 31 Sep 01

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“GCR” “SAA”

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“GCR”

“SAA”

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ALTEA Real Time

All

data

Scr

ambl

ed

ISS

MSFC

Paylod Operations Integration Center

ALTEA - UHB

DATA IS CONTINUOUSLY BEING TAKEN AND DOWNLOADED

RT sequentialdata

All datasequential

REAL TIME

QUASI REAL TIME(≈ 5 - 24 h)

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From the QRT: ALTEA - DB

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From the RT: AMORE (& LORE)

Alarming MOnitor for Radiation Environment

Lightweight Observatory for Radiation Environment

: a personal active alarming and upgradable dosimeter

+ LET(t)to risk

conversion tables

firmware

Input reduction

+ alarming capability

Improving ..

Hardware miniaturization

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ALTEA-shield (survey) … 2010 ..?

.. a different (and flexible) detectors holder for a 3D survey

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Thank you for your attention

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