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Space Weather and Radiation Damage

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THE SUN AND SPACE WEATHER

Part of the book series: ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE LIBRARY ((ASSL,volume 347))

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In this chapter we discuss the influences of radiation damage both to humans in space as well as to electronics and solar panels of satellites. A general overview on the radiation environment in the interplanetary space was given by Townsend and Wilson, 1996 [315].

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HANSLMEIER, A. (2007). Space Weather and Radiation Damage. In: THE SUN AND SPACE WEATHER. ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE LIBRARY, vol 347. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5604-8_7

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