Isotopic dependence of GCR fluence behind shielding

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 41, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1235-1249

  Cucinotta, Francis A ^a   Wilson, John W ^b   Saganti, Premkumar ^c   Hu, Xiaodong ^a   Kim, Myung Hee Y ^a   Cleghorn, Timothy ^a   Zeitlin, Cary ^d   Tripathi, Ram K ^b  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galactic cosmic rays; Nuclear fragmentation; Space radiation shielding

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GALAXIES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; RADIATION SHIELDING;

GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; NUCLEAR FRAGMENTATION; SPACE RADIATION SHIELDING; TRANSPORT MODELS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 33751250186     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2006.03.012     Document Type: Article

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