Project description
A window on ionising radiation will shed light on our cosmos and foster safe space travel
The Universe is full of radiation, energy emitted as rays, electromagnetic waves, and particles. Space radiation differs from the radiation we experience on Earth. It consists of three main types of high-energy (ionising) radiation: particles trapped in the Earth’s magnetic field, particles during solar flares, and cosmic rays originating outside our solar system. High-energy radiation is dangerous because we cannot easily shield ourselves from it. It moves through substances, ionising atoms in the surrounding material. The EU-funded PAN project is building a demonstrator of a penetrating particle analyser to help us understand these particles in deep space. Insight will shed light on violent solar events, cosmic rays, and space weather, enhancing basic understanding and the future safety of humans in space.
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RIA - Research and Innovation action
Coordinator
1211 Geneve
Switzerland
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Participants (3)
00044 Frascati
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Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.
06123 Perugia
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160 00 Praha
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