Solar Particle Enhancements of Single-Event Effect Rates at Aircraft Altitudes

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 2038-2045

  Dyer, C S ^a   Lei, F ^a   Clucas, S N ^a   Smart, D F ^b,c   Shea, M A ^b,c  

^a QinetiQ ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft electronics; Cosmic rays; Dosimetry; Neutron radiation effects; Proton radiation effects; Single event effects; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; COSMIC RAYS; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PROTONS; RADIATION DAMAGE; SOLAR RADIATION;

AIRCRAFT ELECTRONICS; NEUTRON RADIATION EFFECTS; PROTON RADIATION EFFECTS; SINGLE-EVENT EFFECTS;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 1242287941     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.821375     Document Type: Conference Paper

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