Comparison of the transport codes HZETRN, HETC and FLUKA for a solar particle event

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1079-1088

  Heinbockel, John H ^a   Slaba, Tony C ^a   Blattnig, Steve R ^b   Tripathi, Ram K ^b   Townsend, Lawrence W ^c   Handler, Thomas ^d   Gabriel, Tony A ^e   Pinsky, Lawrence S ^f   Reddell, Brandon ^f   Clowdsley, Martha S ^b   Singleterry, Robert C ^b   Norbury, John W ^b   Badavi, Francis F ^g   Aghara, Sukesh K ^h  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e Scientific Investigation and Development   (United States)

^f University of Houston   (United States)

^g CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Solar particle event; Space radiation; Transport codes

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET); MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; ORBITS; RADIATION SHIELDING; SOLAR RADIATION;

DETERMINISTIC TRANSPORT; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; MONTE CARLO TRANSPORT CODE; SHIELDING MATERIALS; SOLAR PARTICLE EVENTS; SPACE RADIATIONS; TRANSPORT CODES; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATIONS;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 79951856962     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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