Theoretical correlation of broad spectrum neutron sources for accelerated soft error testing

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 6 PART 1, 2010, Pages 3163-3168

  Slayman, Charles W ^a  

^a Ops A La Carte LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated soft error testing; cosmic rays; neutron beams; single event upset; terrestrial neutrons

Indexed keywords

BROAD SPECTRUM; CRITICAL CHARGE; HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRON; NEUTRON SPECTRA; SINGLE EVENT UPSETS; SOFT ERROR; TERRESTRIAL NEUTRONS;

COSMIC RAYS; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON SOURCES;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 78650364505     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2010.2086078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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