Coupled neutron transport for HZETRN

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-182

  Slaba, T C ^a   Blattnig, S R ^b   Aghara, S K ^c   Townsend, L W ^d   Handler, T ^d   Gabriel, T A ^e   Pinsky, L S ^f   Reddell, B ^f  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e Scientific Investigation and Development   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose; HZETRN; Neutron transport; Radiation constraints; Space radiation; Space radiation transport

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DC MODEL; DETERMINISTIC TRANSPORT; FIRST ORDER; HIGH-ALTITUDE AIRCRAFTS; ION FLUENCES; ION TRANSPORTS; LOW ENERGY LIGHT; LOW-ENERGY NEUTRONS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO CODES; NEUTRON TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SECONDARY NEUTRONS; SPACE RADIATIONS; SPACE VEHICLES; TRANSPORT MODELS;

FLOATING BREAKWATERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; NUMBER THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

EID: 77949570839     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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