AN EVALUATION OF THE RADIATION HAZARD DUE TO SOLAR-PARTICLE EVENTS

Abstract

This document contains a comprehensive treatment of the current knowledge of solar-particle events. A qualitative description has been given of the various methods of detecting solar-particle events, and all of the pertinent data available have been tabulated. The characteristics of each of the events have been determined and from these, the intensities and the characteristic rigidities have been estimated for each event. Based upon this information, the radiation doses have been calculated for each event and cumulative dose- probability curves have been derived. Comments are included regarding missions in solar cycle 20 and various techniques for predicting the occurrences of solar-particle events.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0805442

Entities

People

  • Al Hunting
  • J. R. Benbrook
  • Jomin Thomas
  • Richard Duncan
  • W. R. Webber

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alpha Particles
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computer Programs
  • Cosmic Rays
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Galactic Cosmic Rays
  • Ionization
  • Ionization Chambers
  • Latitude
  • Measurement
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Sea Level
  • Solar Activity
  • Solar Cosmic Rays
  • Solar Flares
  • Space Probes

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military Engineering.
  • Regression Analysis.