Monte Carlo calculation of the angular distribution of cosmic rays at flight altitudes

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 331-343

  Battistoni, G ^a   Ferrari, A ^a,b   Pelliccioni, M ^c   Villari, R ^c  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE CREW; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; AVIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RIGIDITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPACE FLIGHT;

AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; AVIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 12344290322     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch418     Document Type: Article

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