Proton displacement damage and ionizing dose for shielded devices in space

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 6 PART 1, 1997, Pages 2169-2173

  Messenger, S R ^a   Xapsos, M A ^b   Burke, E A ^c   Walters, R J ^b,c   Summers, O P ^a,b,c  

^a SFA INC   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PROTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION SHIELDING;

SOLAR PROTON EVENT;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 0031341063     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.659032     Document Type: Article

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