Monte Carlo simulations of energy losses by space protons in the CRaTER detector

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 66, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 643-647

  Townsend, Lawrence W ^a   Moussa, Hanna M ^a   Charara, Youssef M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray detector; Linear energy transfer; Space radiation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS; COSMIC RAY TELESCOPES; ENERGETIC PROTONS; ENERGY LOSS; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; HIGH ENERGY; INCIDENT ENERGY; LET SPECTRA; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; LUNAR ORBIT; LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITERS; MONTE CARLO CODES; MONTE CARLO RADIATION TRANSPORT CODE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PROTON ENERGY; RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS; SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE EVENTS; SPACE RADIATION; SPACE RADIATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; DETECTORS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FORECASTING; LIGHTING FIXTURES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOON; PROTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 72149134636     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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