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I was thinking the RBE value would be bulk irradiation over the total body area.

If you had one particle the result would be more random.

But since you'd have to be naked and in space, it's probably not easy to test empirically.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Jun 17th, 2009 at 11:40:06 AM EST
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If you had one particle the result would be more random.
If you had one particle it would probably go past you. How does the "cosmic ray depth" of the entire Earth atmosphere compare to the interaction cross-section of a human body?

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jun 17th, 2009 at 11:43:06 AM EST
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