Recoil-nucleus spectra in the interaction of cosmic-ray protons with spacecraft electronics

Journal Article · Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · Physics of Atomic Nuclei

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778808070247· OSTI ID:21402533

Chuvilskaya, T V; Shirokova, A A; Kadmenskii, A G

The cross sections for nuclear reactions induced by 50-to 1000-MeV protons in silicon and the angular distributions of products of these reactions are calculated, along with the recoil-nucleus spectra. The recoil-nucleus spectra are shown to contain a monotonically decreasing portion and a recoil peak, which is manifested most clearly at incident-proton energies in excess of 100 MeV. The possibility of employing these results to derive more reliable estimates of single-event upsets in onboard spacecraft electronics is discussed.

• OSTI ID: 21402533
• Journal Information: Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Vol. 71, Issue 7; Other Information: DOI: 10.1134/S1063778808070247; Copyright (c) 2008 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; ISSN 1063-7788
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION
COSMIC PROTONS
CROSS SECTIONS
INTERACTIONS
MEV RANGE
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEI
RECOILS
SILICON
SPECTRA
BARYONS
COSMIC RADIATION
DISTRIBUTION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY RANGE
FERMIONS
HADRONS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
NUCLEONS
PROTONS
RADIATIONS
SEMIMETALS