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Space Radiation Physics group
for Particle Therapy and Radiation Protection in Space
The Radiation Physics Group is one of the eight subgroups of the GSI Biophysics department, led by Marco Durante. It is composed of an international group of physicists, engineers, and students working on radiation physics applied to radiation protection in space and ion-beam therapy. The group is also responsible for the operation of the GSI experimental room Cave A.
![Figure: Heavy-ion beam raster scanning technique developed at GSI [figure from https://www.ph.tum.de/academics/why/questions/heavy-ions/]](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/d/csm_1_Heavy-ion_beam_raster_scanning_technique_developed_at_GSI_cc99edb997.jpg)

Often, scientific careers start with master's theses. Many master's students start loving scientific work and decide to continue working in this research field as doctoral candidates. Master’s students are welcome to our group if they are qualified, and we make a special effort to supervise them. Many of our master’s theses could be transferred into a (first) scientific publication.
• FLASH for Protons: 3D Range Modulators (funded by VARIAN Medical)
• FLASH for Carbon-Ions (GSI)
• PARTITUR: Biologische und physikalische Optimierung der Partikelstrahlen (BMBF funded)
• BARB: Biomedical Applications of Radioactive ion Beams (advanced ERC grant, EU)
• CMOS Sensors: In-situ beam monitoring and near-field fluence measurements (GSI)
• 3D-Path: 3D-Range modulators (ZIM) (closed 2020) (BMBF/AiF funded)
• Helium beams: nuclear fragmentation cross section measurements (closed 2019) (GSI)
Radiation Protection in Space
![Figure: Space radiation sources: GCR and SPE [figure from https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA16938.jpg]](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/6/csm_30_Space_radiation_sources_GCR_and_SPE_890ae48783.jpg)
• HEARTS: Developping Infrastructure for Electronic Radiation Hardness tests (EU funded)
• IBPER21: MoonDust: Mixed radiation fields behind GCR simulator and Moon regolith simulant (ESA funded)
• GCR Simulator: Efficiently generating the full galactic-cosmic radiation spectrum (ESA funded)
• DEIMOS: Dose build-up Measurements for space radiation Shielding applications (ESA funded)
• ROSSINI: Space Radiation Shielding with Innovative materials (closed 2021) (ESA funded)
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