Single event upsets caused by solar energetic heavy ions

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 43, Issue 6 PART 1, 1996, Pages 2758-2766

  Tylka, Auan J ^a   Dietrich, William F ^a   Boberg, Paul R ^b   Smith, Edward C ^b   Adams Jr , James H ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; COSMIC RAYS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC CODES; IONS; PROTONS; SATELLITES; SOLAR RADIATION;

SINGLE EVENT UPSETS (SEU); SOLAR PARTICLE EVENTS (SPE);

RADIATION HAZARDS;

EID: 0030354088     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.556863     Document Type: Article

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