A CODE TO PREDICT TRAPPED RADIATION RESULTING FROM A HIGH-ALTITUDE NUCLEAR DETONATION.

Abstract

A computer code that calculates the resultant electron flux from a high-altitude nuclear detonation has been constructed. Included are calculations for early (seconds) to late (days) times after the detonation. In the early time calculation, an electron flux map is constructed as a function of time, B, L, and longitude. The late time map uses time, B, and L. The following points were considered in some detail: debris motion, electron injection, electron drift, loss rate formulation, and energy spectra. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0465853

Entities

People

  • Gerald D. Guthrie
  • Roy E. Herman

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Computers
  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Detonations
  • Electron Flux
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Fermions
  • High Altitude
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Longitude
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Radiation
  • Spectra

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics