SEU rates in atmospheric environments: Variations due to cross-section fits and environment models

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2026-2034

  Hands, Alex ^a   Dyer, Clive S ^a   Lei, Fan ^a  

^a Aerospace Division   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric radiation models and standards; Neutron cross sections; Single event upsets

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MODELS AND STANDARDS; ENVIRONMENT MODELS; SECTION CURVE; SEU RATES; SINGLE EVENT UPSETS; THERMAL NEUTRONS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NEUTRONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; URANIUM POWDER METALLURGY;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

EID: 69549102064     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2013466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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