Comparison of integrated radiation transport models with TEPC measurements for the average quality factors in space flights

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 2362-2367

  Kim, Myung Hee Y ^a   Nikjoo, Hooshang ^a   Dicello, John F ^b   Pisacane, Vincent L ^b   Cucinotta, Francis A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ATOMS; BANDPASS FILTERS; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FUNCTIONS; IONIZING RADIATION; LIGHTING FIXTURES; LUNAR MISSIONS; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NASA; NUCLEAR REACTORS; ORBITS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROTONS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RADIATION; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE STATIONS;

AVERAGE ENERGIES; CHORD LENGTHS; COMPLEX FIELDS; DETECTOR VOLUMES; EARTH ORBITS; ENERGY STRAGGLING; EXPOSURE PREDICTIONS; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFERS; MARS MISSIONS; MICRO DOSIMETRIES; MODEL CALCULATIONS; NASA MISSIONS; NUCLEAR FRAGMENTATIONS; NUCLEAR FRAGMENTS; NUCLEAR INTERACTIONS; OBSERVED DATUMS; QUALITY FACTORS; RADIATION FIELDS; RADIATION TRANSPORT MODELS; RESPONSE DISTRIBUTIONS; SHIELD THICKNESSES; SILICON ON INSULATORS; SOLAR PARTICLE EVENTS; SOLAR PROTONS; SPACE MISSIONS; SPACE RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS; SPACE RADIATIONS; THEORETICAL MODELS; TISSUE EQUIVALENT PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; TRANSPORT CODES;

RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 48349140088     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436619     Document Type: Conference Paper

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