Characterization of the ANITA neutron source for accelerated SEE testing at the Svedberg Laboratory

IEEE Radiation Effects Data Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 166-173

  Prokofiev, Alexander V ^a   Blomgren, Jan ^b   Majerle, Mitja ^c   Nolte, Ralf ^d   Röttger, Stefan ^d   Platt, Simon P ^e   Xiao, Cai Xiao ^e   Smirnov, Andrey N ^f  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RINGHALS AB   (Sweden)

^c NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^d PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^f KHLOPIN RADIUM INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED TESTING; BEAM CHARACTERIZATION; SEE TESTING; SINGLE EVENT EFFECTS; THICK TARGET;

NEUTRON SOURCES; NEUTRONS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 77950953241     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/REDW.2009.5336295     Document Type: Conference Paper

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