Validation of the HZETRN code for laboratory exposures with 1A GeV iron ions in several targets

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 202-207

  Walker, S A ^a   Tweed, J ^a   Wilson, J W ^b   Cucinotta, F A ^c   Tripathi, R K ^b   Blattnig, S ^b   Zeitlin, C ^d   Heilbronn, L ^d   Miller, J ^d  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boltzmann's equation; Green's function; High charge and energy ions; Ion transport

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIATION SHIELDING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ASYMPTOTIC APPROXIMATION; BOLTZMANN'S EQUATIONS; HIGH CHARGE AND ENERGY IONS; ION TRANSPORT;

IONIZING RADIATION;

EID: 18844384731     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.02.077     Document Type: Article

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