Evaluating Average and Atypical Response in Radiation Effects Simulations

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 2265-2271

  Weller, Robert A ^a   Sternberg, Andrew L ^a   Massengill, Lloyd W ^a   Schrimpf, Ronald D ^a   Fleetwood, Daniel M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge collection; Extreme value statistics; Geant4; Linear energy transfer; Monte Carlo simulation; Protons; Radiation effects; Single event effects; Soft errors

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ERROR ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROTONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TRANSISTORS;

CHARGE COLLECTION; EXTREME VALUE STATISTICS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER (LET); SINGLE EVENT EFFECTS (SEE); SOFT ERRORS;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 1242310249     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.821576     Document Type: Conference Paper

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