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A simulation of the radiation field inside a habitable module (a diameter of 6 m and length of 12 m) of a spacecraft generated by isotropic Galactic Cosmic Radiation (GCR) in deep interplanetary space is carried out for minimum and maximum solar activity using the FLUKA code. Protons, alpha-particles, deuterons, \(^{\mathrm {3}}\)He, and nuclei with \({Z} > 2\) are considered as primary GCR irradiating the spacecraft isotropically. The following particles are included in FLUKA radiation transport through the module shell (\(15\hbox { g/cm}^{\mathrm {2}}\) of Al): protons, neutrons, \(\gamma \)-rays, electrons, \(\pi ^{\mathrm {\pm }}\)-mesons, \(\mu ^{\mathrm {\pm }}\)-mesons d, t, and nuclei from He to Ni. The inner particle spectra are needed to assess the astronaut’s radiation risk in a long-term interplanetary mission.
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Timoshenko, G.N., Gordeev, I.S. Simulation of radiation field inside interplanetary spacecraft. J Astrophys Astron 41, 5 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12036-020-9620-3
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