Further Development of the Heavy ion Cross Section for Single Event Upset: Model (HICUP)

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 2026-2034

  Connell, L W ^a   Sexton, F W ^b   Prinja, A K ^c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b University of New Mexico Albuquerque ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

GALACTIC COSMIC RAY (GCR); HEAVY ION CROSS SECTION FOR SINGLE EVENT UPSET (HICUP); RECTANGULAR PARALLELEPIPED (RPP) GEOMETRY; SINGLE EVENT UPSET (SEU) RATE;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0029521841     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.489249     Document Type: Article

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