Radiation Environments

IEEE NSREC Short Course, Session I, July 21, 1997


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Table of Contents

Radiation Environments, IEEE NSREC Short Course

Session Objectives

Radiation Effects

Total Ionizing Dose

Single Event Effects

Displacement Damage

The Radiation Environment

Components of the Natural Environment

Outline

Sun: Dominates the Environment

Solar Wind

Corona

Solar Activity: Cyclic Variation

Sunspot Cycle

Solar Flares

Coronal Mass Ejections

Solar Wind Density & Velocity

Outline, Background, Earth’s Magnetosphere

The Magnetosphere

Earth’s Magnetosphere

Earth’s Magnetic Field

IGRF Magnetic Field Model

Internal & External Field Models

B-L Coordinate System - Dipole

Particle Penetration of the Magnetosphere

Magnetic Rigidity

Outline, Background, Space Weather

Magnetic Storms / Space Weather

Sunspot Cycle with Magnetic Storms

Magnetic Storm Phases

Magnetic Storm Phases (cont)

Plasmoid Model for Substorms

ANIK E1: Magnetic Storm

Early Warning: S-Curves

Satellite Detection System

Outline, Trapped Particles

Trapped Radiation

Van Allen Belts

Van Allen Belts

Trapped Particle Motions

Trapped - Van Allen Belts

Stable Trapping

Stable Does Not Mean Static

Variations - Protons

TIROS/NOAA Trapped Protons

CRRES - Measured Proton Belt

Variations - Electrons

Activity in the Slot Region - SAMPEX

Magnetic Storms - Hipparcos

Trapped Particle Modeling Program

AP-8 & AE-8 Models

AP-8 Model Fluxes vs. L

AE-8 Model Fluxes vs. L

Problems with AP-8 & AE-8

Problems with AP-8 - Protons

Problems with AE-8 - Electrons

Model Improvements: CRRES

CRRES - AF Phillips Lab SPD/GD

Trapped Proton Models

AE-8 MAX & CRRESELE

Model Improvements: Trapped Protons

Compare NOAAPRO to AP-8

Ratio: NOAAPRO/AP-8

Model Improvements: Other

AP8 - MAX Spectra

AE-8 - MAX Spectra

SRAM Upset Rates on CRUX/APEX

Measured Upsets on Hitachi 1M at 1500 km CRUX Upset Rates 1450-1550 km

Outline, Transient Particles, Galactic Cosmic Rays

Galactic Cosmic Ray Ions

GCRs: Nuclear Composition

GCRs: Solar Modulation

GCR Models

GCRs: Shielded Fluences - Fe (1)

GCRs: Shielded Fluences - Fe (2)

GCRs: Integral LET Spectra

GCR LET: CREME 96 - CREME 86

CREME 86 & CREME 96: GCRs

CREME 86 - CREME 96: GCRs

Outline, Transient Particles, Solar Particle Events

Solar Particle Events

Solar Particle Events

Gradual vs. Impulsive

Impulsive Events

Gradual Events

Solar Particle Events

Sunspot Cycle with Solar Proton Events

Solar Proton Event - October 1989

Proton Event Spectra - Cycle 22

Solar Proton Models - Total Dose

Solar Proton Models

Problems with Solar Proton Models: Dose & Degradation Applications

Solar Proton Models - SEEs

Solar Protons - SEEs

Solar Protons: Orbits

Solar Heavy Ions Models: SEEs

CREME 86 - CREME96 Solar Event Models

Effect of Shielding on Heavy Ions

SEU Rate Increases During Solar Events

SOHO/LASCO During Solar Particle Event

Particle Tracks in SOHO/LASCO

TIROS Measurement of Protons

TIROS Measurement of Protons

Solar Protons - Dose & Degradation

Solar Protons & Heavy Ions - SEEs

Comparison of Solar Heavy Ion Models

Outline, Atmospheric Neutrons

Particle Cascades in Atmosphere

Neutrons

Neutron Environment

Variations: Mostly Function of Cosmic Ray Levels

2 Models

Neutron Flux Measurements

Neutron Models: Flux vs. Altitude

Neutron Model: Flux vs. Latitude

Neutron Model: Flux vs. Energy

PPT Slide

Summary - Trapped Particles

Summary - GCRs

Summary - Solar Protons

Summary - Solar Heavier Ions

Neutrons

Author: Janet Barth, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Email: janet.barth@gsfc.nasa.gov

Home Page: http://flick.gsfc.nasa.gov/radhome.htm