南大西洋异常对在太阳最小值期间飞行高度的辐射暴露的影响
Matthias M Meier1, Thomas Berger2, Thomas Jahn3
1German Aerospace Center, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Radiation Biology, Cologne, Germany. matthias.meier@dlr.de.
Scientific reports
|June 8, 2023
概括
南大西洋异常不会增加飞机的辐射暴露. 综合的飞行测量证实,该地区的民用航空没有额外的辐射风险.
科学领域:
- 太空物理学和大气科学
- 辐射生物学与安全
背景情况:
- 南大西洋异常 (SAA) 是磁场强度降低的区域,导致内部的范艾伦辐射带向地球更近.
- 这种接近导致电离辐射水平升高,影响低地球轨道上的航天器和宇航员.
- 一个城市传说表明,SAA可能也会影响民用航空高度的大气辐射.
研究的目的:
- 调查和量化由于南大西洋异常而导致的飞行高度辐射暴露的任何潜在增加.
- 为了确定SAA是否会在航空旅行期间给乘客和机组人员带来额外的辐射风险.
主要方法:
- 一个独特的飞行任务,大西洋吻,在13公里的高度进行了全面的辐射测量.
- 测量特别是在穿越南大西洋异常的地理区域时进行的.
- 收集的数据集中在电离辐射水平上,并将其与背景宇宙辐射进行比较.
主要成果:
- 通过南大西洋异常飞行期间没有检测到电离辐射水平增加的迹象.
- 测量结果没有显示出任何额外的辐射暴露,超出了飞行高度预期的银河系宇宙辐射.
- 该研究没有发现证据支持SAA影响13公里的大气辐射的城市传说.
结论:
- 南大西洋异常似乎不会显著增加典型的民用航空高度的飞机的辐射暴露.
- 由于SAA,宇航员和航天器仍然面临风险,但这种风险不扩展到大气飞行.
- 进一步的研究可以探索不同的高度或SAA条件,但目前的发现减轻了对航空辐射的担忧.
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