Open AccessImportance of nuclear physics to NASA’s space missions
Author(s) -
R. K. Tripathi,
John Wilson,
Francis A. Cucinotta
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
aip conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1551-7616
pISSN - 0094-243X
DOI - 10.1063/1.1469938
Subject(s) - aerospace engineering , space exploration , systems engineering , physics , research center , space (punctuation) , space radiation , deep space exploration , aeronautics , nasa deep space network , computer science , engineering , spacecraft , nuclear physics , cosmic ray , operating system , medicine , pathology
We show that nuclear physics is extremely important for accurate risk assessments for space missions. Due to paucity of experimental input radiation interaction information it is imperative to develop reliable accurate models for the interaction of radiation with matter. State-of-the-art nuclear cross sections models have been developed at the NASA Langley Research center and are discussed.
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