Output details
13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials
University of Southampton
Article title
Time distributions of solar energetic particle events:
Are SEPEs really random?
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Journal of Geophysical Research
Article number
-
Volume number
114
Issue number
A10105
First page of article
20
ISSN of journal
0148-0227
Year of publication
2009
Number of additional authors
1
Additional information
Significance of output:
The use of electronics in space requires accurate modelling of the radiation environment and this paper describes a new and improved technique which replaces the assumed Poissonian time distribution with a Levy distribution. This novel approach has been adopted by NASA (Dr Jim Adams, Marshall Space Flight Centre) and ESA(SEPEM, http://dev.sepem.oma.be/) for their engineering models to avoid catastrophic and premature failure or excess cost and weight, will lead to increased reliability for all manned and unmanned spacecraft electronics and will be of particular relevance for future manned missions to the moon and Mars.
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
-
