Energy distribution of cosmic rays in the Earth’s atmosphere and avionic area using Monte Carlo codes
| Autor: | M Ould Mohamed, A S A Dib, A. H. Belbachir |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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010302 applied physics
Physics Proton 010308 nuclear & particles physics Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Nuclear Theory Monte Carlo method General Physics and Astronomy Cosmic ray Bragg peak Astrophysics 01 natural sciences Computational physics Atmosphere 0103 physical sciences Particle Neutron Nuclear Experiment Energy (signal processing) |
| Zdroj: | Pramana. 87 |
| ISSN: | 0973-7111 0304-4289 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12043-016-1210-1 |
| Popis: | Cosmic rays cause significant damage to the electronic equipments of the aircrafts. In this paper, we have investigated the accumulation of the deposited energy of cosmic rays on the Earth’s atmosphere, especially in the aircraft area. In fact, if a high-energy neutron or proton interacts with a nanodevice having only a few atoms, this neutron or proton particle can change the nature of this device and destroy it. Our simulation based on Monte Carlo using Geant4 code shows that the deposited energy of neutron particles ranging between 200 MeV and 5 GeV are strongly concentrated in the region between 10 and 15 km from the sea level which is exactly the avionic area. However, the Bragg peak energy of proton particle is slightly localized above the avionic area. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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