Open AccessSPACE VEHICLE SHIELDING STUDIES. PART II. THE ATTENUATION OF SOLAR FLARES BY ALUMINUM SHIELDS
Author(s) -
R.G. Alsmiller,
J.E. Murphy
Publication year - 1964
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4087090
Subject(s) - electromagnetic shielding , shields , shield , attenuation , cascade , aluminium , slab , physics , spectral line , proton , computational physics , solar flare , nuclear physics , optics , materials science , astrophysics , astronomy , geology , composite material , engineering , geophysics , petrology , quantum mechanics , chemical engineering
Using the straight-ahead approximation, nucleon-meson cascade calculations were carried out for several solarflare proton spectra incident on a shield. The shield material has approximately the properties of aluminum. Both spherical-shell and slab geometries are considered. (auth