Space radiation : astrophysical origins, radiobiological effects and implications for space travellers [E-Book] / James S. Welsh.
Space radiation is a topic of growing importance to scientists and researchers as well as the general public. This thorough reference text covers space radiation and its biological effects. The book addresses the sources and various types of space radiation as well as the astrophysical phenomena res...
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| Personal Name(s): | Welsh, James S., author |
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Bristol :
IOP Publishing,
[2024]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource |
| Note: |
englisch |
| ISBN: |
9780750354448 |
| DOI: |
10.1088/978-0-7503-5444-8 |
| Series Title: |
IPEM-IOP series in physics and engineering in medicine and biology
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- 1. An introduction to space radiation
- 2. Space radiation beyond Mars
- 3. Astronomy basics
- 4. Elementary physics, chemistry and biology
- 5. Fundamentals of radioactivity
- 6. Basic radiation science
- 7. Elements of quantum mechanics for space radiation
- 8. Quarks, leptons and radiation : the Standard Model
- 9. Radiation chemistry
- 10. Radiation biochemistry
- 11. Molecular radiobiology
- 12. Radiation and respiration
- 13. Elementary zoology
- 14. Introduction to radiophiles
- 15. Essentials of astrophysics
- 16. The Sun
- 17. Cosmic rays
- 18. Planet Earth
- 19. Space weather
- 20. Mercury and Venus
- 21. Mars
- 22. Asteroids
- 23. Jupiter and the effects of space radiation on electronics
- 24. Saturn
- 25. Uranus
- 26. Neptune
- 27. Radiation belts beyond our Solar System
- 28. Radiation and paleontology
- 29. Radiation and climate
- 30. Mass extinctions and radiation
- 31. Gamma ray bursts
- 32. X-rays and gamma rays in space
- 33. Neutron stars, magnetars and soft gamma repeaters
- 34. Black holes and Hawking radiation
- 35. The Big Bang and radiation
- the beginning and the end.