Nuclear models for proton induced upsets: A critical comparison

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 IV, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1539-1546

  Akkerman, A ^b   Barak, J ^a,b   Lifshitz, Y ^b  

^a IEEE   (Israel)

^b SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elastic scattering; Inelastic scattering; Nuclear reactions; Secondary protons and alphas; Surrounding effects

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC SCATTERING; INELASTIC SCATTERING; NUCLEAR MODELS; PROTON INDUCED UPSETS; SINGLE EVENT UPSETS;

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DETECTORS; EXCITONS; IONIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; SILICON;

PROTONS;

EID: 0036624354     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.1039697     Document Type: Article

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