Measurement of the flux and energy spectrum of cosmic-ray induced neutrons on the ground

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 6 II, 2004, Pages 3427-3434

  Gordon, M S ^a   Goldhagen, P ^b   Rodbell, K P ^a   Zabel, T H ^a   Tang, H H K ^a   Clem, J M ^c   Bailey, P ^b  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b US Department of Energy Environmental Measurements Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Neutron flux; Neutron radiation effects; Neutron spectrometer; Neutron spectroscopy; Neutron spectrum; Neutrons; Single event upsets (SEUs); Soft errors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; COSMIC RAYS; ERROR ANALYSIS; IONIZATION; MICROELECTRONICS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SPECTROMETERS;

NEUTRON FLUX; NEUTRON RADIATION EFFECTS; NEUTRON SPECTROMETER; NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPY; NEUTRON SPECTRUM; SINGLE EVENT UPSETS (SEU); SOFT ERRORS;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 11044230008     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.839134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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