Radiation-induced light flashes observed by human subjects in fast neutron, x-ray and positive pion beams

ABSTRACT ASTRONAUTS on Apollo 11, 12, and 13 observed a series of light flashes and streaks when they were in darkness at great distances from the Earth1. Although it is well known that

relatively low doses of X-rays impinging on the retina can cause light sensation and can alter the light sensitivity threshold2, the astronauts' descriptions of discrete flashes and

streaks do not conform with the homogeneous flood of light which is characteristic of X-ray phosphenes or the crescents and patterns of electrical or pressure phosphenes. Access through your

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AFFILIATIONS * Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and Donner Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720 CORNELIUS A. TOBIAS, THOMAS F. BUDINGER & JOHN T. LYMAN Authors

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ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE TOBIAS, C., BUDINGER, T. & LYMAN, J. Radiation-induced Light Flashes observed by Human Subjects in Fast Neutron, X-ray and Positive Pion Beams. _Nature_ 230,

596–598 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/230596a0 Download citation * Received: 06 November 1970 * Revised: 04 January 1971 * Issue Date: 30 April 1971 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/230596a0

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