Predictions of secondary neutrons and their importance to radiation effects inside the international space station

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 229-234

  Armstrong, T W ^a   Colborn, B L ^a  

^a Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION DAMAGE; RADIATION SHIELDING; SPACE STATIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ALBEDO; SECONDARY NEUTRONS;

NEUTRON DETECTORS;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; ELECTRONICS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; HUMAN; MESON; MICROCLIMATE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SPACE FLIGHT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COSMIC RADIATION; ELECTRONICS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MESONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0034743656     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(00)00152-9     Document Type: Article

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