Spatial and temporal characteristics of energy deposition by protons and alpha particles in silicon

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 6 II, 2004, Pages 3312-3317

  Kobayashi, Aaron S ^a   Sternberg, Andrew L ^a   Massengill, Lloyd W ^a   Schrimpf, Ronald D ^a   Weller, Robert A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

rays; Alphas; Energy deposition; Geant4; Ion track; Metal oxide semiconductor (MOS); Monte Carlo simulation; Protons; Radial dose; Radiation effects; Single event effects

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOS DEVICES; PROTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

Γ-RAYS; ALPHAS; ENERGY DEPOSITION; GEANT4; ION TRACK; METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR (MOS); RADIAL DOSE; SINGLE-EVENT EFFECTS;

SILICON;

EID: 11044238578     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.839176     Document Type: Conference Paper

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