Modeling the DMSP and CRRES dosimeters using the path length distribution method. Technical report

Hein, C A; Bass, J N

Title: Modeling the DMSP and CRRES dosimeters using the path length distribution method. Technical report

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The Path Length Distribution method is used to model the dosimeter instruments used aboard the DMSP and the CRRES satellites. The Monte Carlo methods used to compute the path length distributions for the isotropic, mirror plane, and sin(N) alpha pitch angle proton angular distributions (N = 4, 6, 8 and N = 999 (for comparison with the Mirror Plane Distribution)) are described. The path length distributions are used to compute the instrument proton flux and dose count response functions and geometric factors for power law and Maxwellian proton energy spectra. Comparisons of the geometric factor computations using the path length method with the infinite slab approximation and the truncated infinite slab path length distribution are also made. Tables and graphs of modeled instrument performance are provided.

Authors:: Hein, C A; Bass, J N

Publication Date:: Fri May 14 00:00:00 EDT 1993

Research Org.:: Radex, Inc., Bedford, MA (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 5545689

Report Number(s):: AD-A-269898/3/XAB
CNN: F19628-90-C-0090

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; DOSEMETERS; STATISTICAL MODELS; PROTONS; ENERGY SPECTRA; SATELLITES; FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; INTERACTION RANGE; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METEOROLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; BARYONS; CALCULATION METHODS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISTANCE; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUATIONS; FERMIONS; FUNCTIONS; HADRONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SPECTRA; 440102* - Radiation Instrumentation- Radiation Dosemeters; 540130 - Environment, Atmospheric- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)

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  abstractNote = {The Path Length Distribution method is used to model the dosimeter instruments used aboard the DMSP and the CRRES satellites. The Monte Carlo methods used to compute the path length distributions for the isotropic, mirror plane, and sin(N) alpha pitch angle proton angular distributions (N = 4, 6, 8 and N = 999 (for comparison with the Mirror Plane Distribution)) are described. The path length distributions are used to compute the instrument proton flux and dose count response functions and geometric factors for power law and Maxwellian proton energy spectra. Comparisons of the geometric factor computations using the path length method with the infinite slab approximation and the truncated infinite slab path length distribution are also made. Tables and graphs of modeled instrument performance are provided.},

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