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ESA Geant4 Activities

ESA Space Environment & Effects Analysis Section. ESA Geant4 Activities. P . Nieminen , E. Daly, A. Mohammadzadeh, H.D.R. Evans, G. Santin. ESA-ESTEC. ESA Space Environment & Effects Analysis Section. Recent and on-going Geant4-related R&D funded by ESA.

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ESA Geant4 Activities

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  1. ESA Space Environment & Effects Analysis Section ESA Geant4 Activities P. Nieminen, E. Daly, A. Mohammadzadeh, H.D.R. Evans, G. Santin ESA-ESTEC

  2. ESA Space Environment & Effects Analysis Section Recent and on-going Geant4-related R&D funded by ESA • Radiation Effects Analysis Tools (REAT), SPENVIS and Geant4 interface for Multi-Layered Shielding Simulation Software (MULASSIS), including WWW version [QinetiQ, University of Southampton] • Dose Estimation by Simulation of the ISS Radiation Environment (DESIRE) [University of Stockholm, Karolinska Institut, EAC, ESTEC, INR] • Geant4 simulations on the ESA SREM instrument [University of Bern] • Predicting displacement damage effects in electronic components by method of simulation (NIEL).[University of Cologne] • Further work on low-energy e.m. extensions, e.g. for Bepi Colombo [INFN Genova, ESA Astrophysics, other Institutes and Universities] • Improvement of graphical representation of solids, investigation of STEP to XML translation [E. Chernaev, CERN] • Development of Internal Conversion process [QinetiQ] • SpaceGRID, WP on Geant4 application[Datamat, QinetiQ] • INTAS project 00-629: comparisons with SHIELD code [ESTEC, BISA, CNES, Russian Institutes]

  3. ESA Space Environment & Effects Analysis Section UpcomingGeant4 R&D and other activities • Energetic Particle Shielding and Interactions Software, major R&D item. 5 ESA missions + 5 other activities for new Geant4 models and applications[QinetiQ + 5 other Institutes / Teams] • Aurora: Manned and unmanned Solar System exploration initiative. Items for space environments and effects: • Proposals in the 2003-04 ESA General Studies Programme for plasma and components tools and applications • Proposal for ESA-Portugal Task Force: Study on EUSO and AMS on the ISS • Geant4 Space Users’ Forum 20-22 January 2003 at ESTEC: http://www.estec.esa.nl/conferences/03C05/index.html • Radiation Shielding and Effects (Geant4 models, open competition) • Radiation Exposure and Mission Strategies for Interplanetary Manned Missions (Geant4 applications, open competition)

  4. ESA Space Environment & Effects Analysis Section MULASSIS: WWW tool for shielding calculations

  5. ESA Space Environment & Effects Analysis Section MULASSIS: WWW tool for shielding calculations

  6. ESA Space Environment & Effects Analysis Section Standard Radiation Environment Monitor (SREM)

  7. ESA Space Environment & Effects Analysis Section Standard Radiation Environment Monitor (SREM)

  8. ESA Space Environment & Effects Analysis Section Standard Radiation Environment Monitor (SREM)

  9. ESA Space Environment & Effects Analysis Section SREM on PROBA: protons and electrons SREM

  10. ESA Space Environment & Effects Analysis Section ESA Columbus module on ISS

  11. ESA Space Environment & Effects Analysis Section DESIRE (Dose Estimation by Simulation of the ISS Radiation Environment): http://gluon.particle.kth.se/desire/ • Prediction of the ambient energetic particle environment (SPENVIS & additional models) • Construction of COLUMBUS geometry • Radiation transport, including secondary particle production, through the geometry. • Geant4, HZETRN, and SHIELD inter-comparison. • Calculation of astronaut radiation doses • Connection to an INTAS-00-629 activity: http://srd.sinp.msu.ru/INTAS/ Neutrons

  12. ESA Space Environment & Effects Analysis Section INTAS-00-629: proton and heavy ion data base

  13. ESA Space Environment & Effects Analysis Section INTAS-00-629: proton and heavy ion data base

  14. ESA Space Environment & Effects Analysis Section HERMESX-Ray Spectrometer onMercury Planetary Orbiter PIXE from solar proton events

  15. ESA Space Environment & Effects Analysis Section BESSY-II data HERMESX-Ray Spectrometer onMercury Planetary Orbiter

  16. ESA Space Environment & Effects Analysis Section Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA)Satellite Test of the Equivalence Principle (STEP) Charging of test masses by cosmic rays and solar particles,d-rays, and displaced gold ions p+,a, Au+ • Analysis by Geant3.21 down to 10 keV; interfacing with ITS3.0 down to 1 keV. [Y. Jafry et al., Class. Quantum Grav. 13, 1996] • Geant4: Analysis possible in one framework down to 250 eV. • SMART-2 application -rays

  17. SPENVIS spectra ESA Space Environment & Effects Analysis Section

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