Calculations and observations of induced radioactivity in spaceborne materials

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 438-444

  Dyer, C S ^a   Truscott, P R ^a   Evans, H E ^a   Hammond, N ^b   Comber, C ^b   Battersby, S ^c  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b EDS Scicon Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COSMIC RAYS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; GAMMA RAYS; PHOTONS; PROTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOISOTOPES; SPACE SHUTTLES;

COMPTON GAMMA RAY OBSERVATORY; COSMIC RADIATION ENVIRONMENT AND ACTIVATION MONITOR; EVALUATED NUCLEAR STRUCTURE DATA FILE; INDUCED RADIOACTIVITY; INTEGRATED RADIATION TRANSPORT SUITE; RADIATION TRANSPORT; SECONDARY PARTICLES; SPACEBORNE MATERIALS;

RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0028447525     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.299781     Document Type: Article

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