Research Catalog

Title

Tables of nuclear cross sections for galactic cosmic rays : absorption cross sections / Lawrence W. Townsend and John W. Wilson.

Author

Townsend, Lawrence W.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technica[l] Information Branch ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service, 1985.

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Additional Authors

Wilson, John W. (John William), 1940-

Description

30 pages : illustrations; 28 cm.

Summary

A simple but comprehensive theory of nuclear reactions is presented. Extensive tables of nucleon, deuteron, and heavy-ion absorption cross sections over a broad range of energies are generated for use in cosmic ray shielding studies. Numerous comparisons of the calculated values with available experimental data show agreement to within 3 percent for energies above 80 MeV/nucleon and within approximately 10 percent for energies as low as 30 MeV/nucleon. These tables represent the culmination of the development of the absorption cross section formalism and supersede the preliminary absorption cross sections published previously in NASA TN D-8107, NASA TP-2138, and NASA TM-84636.

Series Statement

NASA reference publication ; 1134

Uniform Title

NASA reference publication ; 1134.

Subject

• Galactic cosmic rays > Tables
• Absorption cross sections > Tables
• Space ships > Shielding (Radiation) > Tables
• Cosmic rays
• Cosmic Radiation
• Elementary Particle Interactions
• Radiation Protection
• Cosmic rays
• Absorption cross sections
• Galactic cosmic rays
• Space ships > Shielding (Radiation)

Genre/Form

• Statistics
• Tables
• tables (documents)
• Tables (Data)
• Statistics.
• Statistiques.
• Tables (Données)

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 4-5.

LCCN

85602175

OCLC

• ocm12708491
• 12708491
• SCSB-1164169

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library