LANL LDRD-funded project: Test particle simulations of energetic ions in natural and artificial radiation belts

Technical Report · Tue Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1046532· OSTI ID:1046532

Cowee, Misa ^[1]; Liu, Kaijun ^[1]; Friedel, Reinhard H. ^[1]; Reeves, Geoffrey D. ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory

We summarize the scientific problem and work plan for the LANL LDRD-funded project to use a test particle code to study the sudden de-trapping of inner belt protons and possible cross-L transport of debris ions after a high altitude nuclear explosion (HANE). We also discuss future application of the code for other HANE-related problems.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1046532
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-12-23081; TRN: US201215%%651
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
79 ASTROPHYSICS
COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
ALTITUDE
ARTIFICIAL RADIATION BELTS
LANL
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
PROTONS
TAIL IONS
TEST PARTICLES
TRANSPORT