Proton irradiation environment of solar system objects in the heliospheric boundary regions

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 858, Issue , 2006, Pages 372-379

  Cooper, John F ^a   Hill, Matthew E ^b   Richardson, John D ^c   Sturner, Steven J ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heliosheath; Kuiper Belt; Local interstellar medium; Outer heliosphere; Proton

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846505399     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2359353     Document Type: Conference Paper

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