Dissertation committee:
Παντελής Καραΐσκος, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Παναγιώτης Παπαγιάννης, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Ιατρικής, ΕΚΠΑ
Ελένη Μαυρομιχαλάκη, Ομότιμη Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Φυσικής, ΕΚΠΑ
Ιωάννης Δαγκλής, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Φυσικής, ΕΚΠΑ
Έλενα Φλόκα, Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Φυσικής, ΕΚΠΑ
Αρκάδιος Μανουσάκης - Κατσικάκης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Φυσικής, ΕΚΠΑ
Εμμανουήλ Γεωργούλης, Διευθυντής Ερευνών, Ακαδημία Αθηνών
Summary:
In recent years, there has been a large increase in air travel and manned space missions. As the exposure to cosmic radiation in air and space is different from that on Earth, it is necessary to assess the impact of Space Weather on health of aircraft and spacecraft crews’ health. With the use of the validated software tool DYASTIMA / DYASTIMA-R, Monte Carlo simulations were performed to calculate the ambient dose equivalent rate during the last two solar cycles 23 and 24 (1996 to 2019). Calculations were performed for different geographical coordinates and magnetic rigidity thresholds and for different atmospheric altitudes during different phases of solar activity. These simulations also include "worst" case scenarios. Based on the above results, an estimation of the exposure to cosmic radiation is provided for various flights to international destinations departing from Athens, using a simplified flight profile. Finally, a first attempt was made to calculate radiation doses in the atmospheres of other planets in our solar system, namely Venus and Mars.
Keywords:
Cosmic radiation, Radiation dose rate, Simulations, Aviation crews
