更多可能不是更好:增强的航天器屏蔽可能会通过在深空探索期间增加先暴露来加剧认知积
Marie-Catherine Vozenin1, Yasaman Alaghband2, Olivia G G Drayson2
1Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Radiation research
|January 3, 2024
概括
深空辐射,特别是二次,可能会导致宇航员的长期认知障碍. 优化航天器屏蔽对于减轻太空旅行期间这些风险至关重要.
科学领域:
- 太空辐射物理学 太空辐射物理学
- 天体生物学 天体生物学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
背景情况:
- 深空辐射对宇航员健康构成重大风险.
- 航天器的屏蔽虽然具有保护性,但可以产生有害的二次粒子,如子.
- 了解这些二次粒子对生物的影响对于任务安全至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究二次pions对中枢神经系统功能的影响.
- 评估 pion 辐射在宇航员认知健康中的作用.
- 评估当前防护策略对 pion 诱导效应的有效性.
主要方法:
- 生物模型暴露于低剂量的150 MeV阳性和阴性pions.
- 辐射暴露后认知功能的评估.
- 对 pion 辐射的剂量反应关系的分析.
主要成果:
- 低剂量暴露于pions导致显著和长期的认知障碍.
- 在较厚的屏蔽区域中,二次可以占总吸收剂量的10%.
- 这些发现挑战了关于某些屏蔽配置安全性的假设.
结论:
- 二级 pion 代表了以前低估的对宇航员认知功能的威胁.
- 目前的航天器屏蔽可能无法充分保护皮昂诱导的神经损伤.
- 进一步的研究和对屏蔽设计的重新评估是必要的,以确保安全的深空探索.
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