Source abundances of ultra heavy elements derived from UHCRE measurements

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 26, Issue 6 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 825-832

  Domingo, C ^a   Font, J ^a   Baixeras, C ^a   Fernandez F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

PLASTIC TRACK DETECTOR; ULTRA HEAVY COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT; ULTRA HEAVY IONS;

ION SOURCES;

ACTINIDE; ELEMENT; ION; LEAD; PLATINUM; POLYCARBONATE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LDEF PROJECT; LONG DURATION; MICROCLIMATE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; SPACE FLIGHT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNMANNED;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LDEF PROJECT; LONG DURATION; UNMANNED;

ACTINOID SERIES ELEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; ELEMENTS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; IONS; LEAD; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PLATINUM; POLYMERS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; SOFTWARE; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0030273819     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(96)00090-X     Document Type: Article

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