Characteristics of spontaneous electrical discharging of various insulators in space radiations

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 1773-1782

  Frederickson, A R ^a   Holeman, E G ^a,b   Mullen, E G ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0010579048     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.211366     Document Type: Article

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