Light ion components of the galactic cosmic rays: Nuclear interactions and transport theory

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 77-86

  Cucinotta, F A ^a   Townsend, L W ^a   Wilson, J W ^a   Shinn, J L ^a   Badhwar, G D ^b   Dubey, R R ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; HYDROGEN; ION; ISOTOPE; PROTON; TRITIUM;

ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH; NEUTRON; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH;

COSMIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; IONS; ISOTOPES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PROTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION PROTECTION; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TRITIUM;

EID: 0030309998     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0273-1177(95)00515-G     Document Type: Article

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