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. 2016 Sep 7;13(1):3. doi: 10.1007/s41116-016-0002-5

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Fig. 45 — Left Dose rates ( $\sim$ 16-min averages) recorded by MSL-RAD in a silicon detector (black circles) and in a plastic scintillator (red circles) during MSL’s journey to Mars. Five SEP events were observed during the cruise phase. For a given incident flux, the dose rate in silicon is generally less than the dose rate in plastic because of the comparatively large ionization potential of silicon. Right Radiation exposure compared with that measured by MSL-Rad on its way to Mars. Image reproduced with permission from Zeitlin et al. (2013) and Kerr (2013), copyright by AAAS