Neutron-Induced Pion Production in Silicon-Based Circuits

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 2251-2255

  Kinnison, J D ^a,b   Maurer, R ^a   Roth, D R ^a   McNulty, P J ^b   Abdel Kader, W G ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neutron; Pion production; Silicon detector; Single event effects (SEEs)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FERMI LEVEL; KINETIC ENERGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON ABSORPTION; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; SILICON SENSORS;

PION PRODUCTION; SILICON DETECTORS; SINGLE EVENT EFFECTS (SEE);

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 1242310242     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.821385     Document Type: Conference Paper

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