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Geo-Synchronous orbits are appealing for Solar or astrophysical observatories because they permit continuous data downlink at high rates. The radiation environment in these orbits presents unique challenges, however. This paper describes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-23 Jeffrey W. Kruk , Michael A. Xapsos , Nerses Armani , Craig Stauffer , Christopher M. Hirata

The need for quantitative characterization of the solar energetic particle (SEP) dynamics goes beyond being an academic discipline only. It has numerous practical implications related to human activity in space. The terrestrial magnetic…

Space Physics · Physics 2022-09-21 Valeriy Tenishev , Lulu Zhao , Igor Sokolov

We present numerical simulations investigating the interaction of AGN jets with galaxy clusters, for the first time taking into account the dynamic nature of the cluster gas and detailed cluster physics. The simulations successfully…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Heinz , M. Brueggen , A. Young , E. Levesque

Field emitted electrons can seriously affect the operation of high-field, high-duty factor electron accelerators. Accelerated field emission can result in high average power beams which can radiation damage beamline components. In addition,…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2022-12-16 David H. Dowell , Munther Hindi , S. B. van der Geer , M. J. de Loos

The atmospheres and surfaces of planets show tremendous amount of spatial variation, which has a direct effect on the spectrum of the object, even if this may not be spatially resolved. Here, we apply hyper realistic radiative simulations…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-20 Vincent Kofman , Geronimo Villanueva , Thomas Fauchez , Avi Mandell , Ted Johnson , Allison Payne , Natasha Latouf , Soumil Kelkar

Space radiation is a major risk for humans, especially on long-duration missions to outer space, e.g., a manned mission to Mars. Galactic cosmic rays (GCR) contribute a predictable radiation background, the main risk is due to the highly…

Creations of light anti-nuclei (anti-deuterium, anti-tritium, anti-He3 and anti-He4) are observed by collaborations at the LHC and RHIC accelerators. Some cosmic ray experiments are aimed to find the anti-nuclei in cosmic rays. To support…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 A. Galoyan , V. Uzhinsky

The space radiation environment is a complex combination of fast-moving ions derived from all atomic species found in the periodic table. The energy spectrum of each ion species varies widely but is prominently in the range of 400 - 600…

The atmospheres of planets (including Earth) and the outer layers of stars have often been treated in radiative transfer as plane-parallel media, instead of spherical shells, which can lead to inaccuracy, e.g. limb darkening. We give an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Michael J. Caola

This paper summarizes Geant4 contribution to scientific research over the past 25 years through a scientometric analysis of the results with which it has been associated. The scientometric data collected from scholarly literature and…

The transport of neutrons in long beamlines at spallation neutron sources presents a unique challenge for Monte-Carlo transport calculations. This is due to the need to accurately model the deep-penetration of high-energy neutrons through…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-01-07 Douglas D. DiJulio , Isak Svensson , Xiao Xiao Cai , Joakim Cederkall , Phillip M. Bentley

A procedure of space proton-induced Soft Error Rate calculation based on heavy ion testing data is proposed. The approach relies on Geant4-assisted Monte Carlo simulation of the secondary particle LET spectra produced by proton…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-04-25 Artur M. Galimov , Regina M. Galimova , Gennady I. Zebrev

Simourg is a software based on the Geant4 toolkit and provides the Monte Carlo simulation of nuclear spectrometric setups with simple geometries for such applications as nuclear decay research, radiation safety, and nuclear medicine. With…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-01-07 D. S. Kovalenko , V. V. Kobychev , L. M. Kobycheva , O. V. Zueva

In carbon-therapy, the interaction of the incoming beam with human tissues may lead to the production of a large amount of nuclear fragments and secondary light particles. An accurate estimation of the biological dose deposited into the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2014-06-02 J. Dudouet , D. Cussol , D. Durand , M. Labalme

In this work we develop a lepto-hadronic model for the electromagnetic radiation from jets in microquasars with low-mass companion stars. We present general results as well as applications to some specific systems, and carefully analyze the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-12-19 Gabriela S. Vila

Cosmic rays are ubiquitous in interstellar environments, and their bombardment of dust-grain ice mantles is a possible driver for the formation of complex, even prebiotic molecules. Yet, critical data that are essential for accurate…

We report a comprehensive study of cosmogenic activation of germanium used for tonne-scale rare event search experiments. The germanium exposure to cosmic rays on the Earth's surface are simulated with and without a shielding container…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2017-11-08 W. -Z. Wei , D. -M. Mei , C. Zhang

A high sensitivity Cardiac SPECT system using curved crystals with pinhole collimation was proposed previously (Dey, IEEE TNS 2012, Bhusal et al, Med. Phys. 2019). Here, we hypothesize that a high curvature hemi-ellipsoid detector results…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-05-24 Hanif R. Soysal , J. Dey , W. P. Donahue , K. L. Matthews

The primary components of radiation in interplanetary space are galactic cosmic rays (GCR) and solar cosmic radiation (SCR). GCR originates from outside of our Solar System, while SCR consists of low energy solar wind particles that flow…

Space Physics · Physics 2016-12-30 P. Paschalis , A. Tezari , M. Gerontidou , H. Mavromichalaki , P. Nikolopoulou

Characteristic for devices based on two-dimensional materials are their low size, weight and power requirements. This makes them advantageous for use in space instrumentation, including photovoltaics, batteries, electronics, sensors and…