Modeling high-energy cosmic ray induced terrestrial muon flux: A lookup table

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 701-703

  Atri, Dimitra ^a   Melott, Adrian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological damage; Cosmic rays; Muons

Indexed keywords

AIR SHOWERS; ASTROPHYSICAL SOURCES; BIOLOGICAL DAMAGE; COSMIC RAY ENERGIES; COSMIC RAY SPECTRA; EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS; GAMMA RAY BURSTS; GEOLOGICAL TIMESCALES; HIGH ENERGY; HIGH-ENERGY COSMIC RAYS; HIGH-ENERGY PARTICLES; LOOK UP TABLE; MUON FLUX; MUONS; NUCLEAR INTERACTION; PLANETARY SURFACES; RADIATION DOSE; SECONDARY PARTICLES; THERMAL NEUTRONS;

ASTROPHYSICS; CHARGED PARTICLES; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; DOSIMETRY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; TABLE LOOKUP;

GAMMA RAYS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; BIOSPHERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IONIZING RADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MUON; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION RESPONSE; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

EID: 79953037032     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2011.02.020     Document Type: Article

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