Grazie ad avventurosi studi fu possibile dimostrare un secolo fa che parte della radiazione naturale che si osserva sulla Terra è di natura extraterrestre: era la scoperta dei cosiddetti "raggi cosmici", particelle che arrivano da misteriosi acceleratori nell'universo, probabilm…
At NASA's request, the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) was asked to consider radiation exposure to aviation crews and passengers on commercial flights resulting from high altitude flights. The report reviews current knowledge about radiation expo…
This book addresses soft errors in digital integrated circuits subjected to the terrestrial natural radiation environment. It details the physical mechanisms at the origin of soft errors and explains how to detect, characterize, and simulate these phenomena in electronic circuit…
This book addresses soft errors in digital integrated circuits subjected to the terrestrial natural radiation environment. It details the physical mechanisms at the origin of soft errors and explains how to detect, characterize, and simulate these phenomena in electronic circuit…
Astrophysics of cosmic rays
This concise primer introduces the non-specialist reader to the physics of solar energetic particles (SEP) and systematically reviews the evidence for the two main mechanisms which lead to the so-called impulsive and gradual SEP events. More specifically, the timing of the onset…