DocumentCode
3653155
Title
ESA Next Generation Radiation Monitor
Author
Laurent Desorgher;Wojciech Hajdas;Ilia Britvitch;Ken Egli;Xiaoqiang Guo;Yinhong Luo;Frédéric Chastellain;Carlos Pereira;Reto Muff;Daniel Boscher;Gunnar Maehlum;Dirk Meier;Petteri Nieminen
Author_Institution
Paul Scherrer Institute, PSI, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
fYear
2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
5
Abstract
The ESA Next Generation Radiation Monitor (NGRM), currently under development, will be the successor of the ESA Standard Radiation Environment Monitor (SREM) that is still measuring near-Earth and interplanetary space radiation environment onboard 6 different spacecrafts. NGRM will measure protons from 2 MeV up to 200 MeV, electrons from 100keV up to 7MeV, as well as LET spectrum of ions. Compared to SREM, NGRM will provide a much better energy resolution, will be smaller (<;1L), lighter (<;1kg) and consume less energy (<;1W). In this paper we describe the detection concept of the NGRM, present the Monte Carlo analysis of the performance of the NGRM detector system, and describes the actual status of its development.
Keywords
"Detectors","Protons","Extraterrestrial measurements","Orbits","Space vehicles","Collimators","Pollution measurement"
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Radiation and Its Effects on Components and Systems (RADECS), 2013 14th European Conference on
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/RADECS.2013.6937362
Filename
6937362
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