Simulation of the ALTEA experiment on the International Space Station with the Geant 3.21 program

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1770-1776

  Scrimaglio, R ^a   Nurzia, G ^a   Rantucci, E ^a   Segreto, E ^a   Finetti, N ^a   Di Gaetano, A ^a   Tassoni, A ^a   Picozza, P ^b   Narici, L ^b   Casolino, M ^b   Di Fino, L ^b   Rinaldi, A ^b   Zaconte, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological effects; Cosmic rays; Light flash

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAYS; FUNCTIONS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; SPACE STATIONS;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; LIGHT FLASH; NUCLEI; TRIGGERED EVENTS;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 33744919272     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2004.11.029     Document Type: Article

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