Predictions of the nuclear activation of materials on LDEF produced by the space radiation environment and comparison with flight measurements

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 26, Issue 6 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 765-777

  Armstrong, T W ^a   Colborn, B L ^a   Harmon, B A ^b   Laird, C E ^c  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NICKEL; NUCLEAR RADIATION SPECTROSCOPY; PROTONS; SATELLITES; SPACE FLIGHT; VANADIUM;

LONG DURATION EXPOSURE FACILITY; NUCLEAR ACTIVATION; TRAPPED PROTON ANISOTROPY;

RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

NICKEL; PROTON; RADIOISOTOPE; SCANDIUM; SODIUM; VANADIUM;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; IONIZING RADIATION; LDEF PROJECT; LONG DURATION; MICROCLIMATE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE FLIGHT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNMANNED;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LDEF PROJECT; LONG DURATION; UNMANNED;

ANISOTROPY; EARTH (PLANET); EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NICKEL; PROTONS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; SCANDIUM; SODIUM RADIOISOTOPES; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; VANADIUM;

EID: 0030273814     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(96)00081-9     Document Type: Article

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