Microdosimetry simulations of solar protons within a spacecraft

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2591-2596

  Wroe, A J ^a,b   Cornelius, I M ^a,b   Rosenfeld, A B ^a,b   Pisacane, V L ^c   Ziegler, J F ^c   Nelson, M E ^c   Cucinotta, F ^d   Zaider, M ^e   Dicello, J F ^f  

^a IEEE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GEANT4; Microdosimetry; Protons

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; PROTON IRRADIATION; SILICON; SPACECRAFT;

FIELD TRAVERSING; HETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURES; MICRODOSIMETRIC SPECTRA; MICRODOSIMETRY;

PROTONS;

EID: 33144462234     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.860706     Document Type: Conference Paper

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