Description
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission will operate in a complex and intense radiation environment during its interplanetary cruise and within Jupiter’s magnetosphere. Accurate radiation monitoring is essential for both spacecraft safety and scientific objectives. This work focuses on the characterization of the interplanetary radiation environment and the optimization of the Radiation Electron Monitor (RADEM), with particular emphasis on the high-energy Electron Detector Head (EDH).
RADEM is a silicon stack telescope designed to measure electrons, protons, and heavy ions over a wide energy range. Due to overlapping energy deposition in silicon detectors, the EDH is susceptible to contamination from high-energy protons. Analysis of detector architecture, stopping power behavior, and in-flight data from solar energetic particle events reveals significant proton contamination in low-energy EDH channels, while higher-energy channels show reduced contamination and electron-dominated signatures.
My future work will improve the understanding of RADEM’s detector response and support the optimization of data interpretation for the JUICE mission.
| Field of Research/Work | Nuclear Physics |
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