Installation and Operation of Particle Transport Simulation Programs to Model the Detection and Measurement of Space Radiation by Space-Borne Sensors

Abstract

This document is a report of the work performed during the period 10 Aug 1999 - 31 Aug 2003 in the areas of: (1) research, evaluation and adaptation of particle transport simulation programs for modeling the detection and measurement of space radiation by space-borne sensors; (2) the transfer of this particle transport simulation capability to the Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Weather Center of Excellence (AFRL/VSBXR); (3) construction of realistic flight sensor computer models; (4) performance of particle transport calculations; (5) space-borne dosimeter simulation studies; and (6) studies of scattering of grazing incidence protons from surfaces of material constituents of space-borne X-ray telescopes. The computer programs ITS-ACCEPT and MCNPX were applied to the modeling of the CEASE and HEP sensors, and the CRRES dosimeter. This document also summarizes our collaboration in research leading to the publication of two technical papers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 25, 2003
Accession Number
ADA421884

Entities

People

  • Stanley Woolf

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Computer Programs
  • Detectors
  • Geometry
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Simulations
  • Space Systems
  • Space Weather
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Orbits
  • Two Dimensional
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Solar Physics
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects