Title :
CREME96: A Revision of the Cosmic Ray Effects on Micro-Electronics Code
Author :
Tylka, Allan J. ; Adams, James H., Jr. ; Boberg, Paul R. ; Brownstein, Buddy ; Dietrich, William F. ; Flueckiger, Erwin O. ; Petersen, Edward L. ; Shea, Margaret A. ; Smart, Don F. ; Smith, Edward C.
Author_Institution :
E.O. Hulburt Center for Space Res., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
fDate :
12/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
CREME96 is an update of the Cosmic Ray on Micro-Electronics code, a widely-used suite of programs for creating numerical models of the ionizing-radiation environment in near-Earth orbits and for evaluating radiation effects in spacecraft. CREME96, which is now available over the World-Wide Web (WWW) at http://crsp3.nrl.navy.mil/creme96/, has many significant features, including: (1) improved models of the galactic cosmic ray, anomalous cosmic ray, and solar energetic particle (“flare”) components of the near-Earth environment; (2) improved geomagnetic transmission calculations; (3) improved nuclear transport routines; (4) improved single-event upset (SEU) calculation techniques, for both proton-induced and direct-ionization-induced SEUs; and (5) an easy-to-use graphical interface, with extensive on-line tutorial information. In this paper we document some of these improvements
Keywords :
cosmic ray interactions; integrated circuit modelling; space vehicle electronics; CREME96; Cosmic Ray Effects on Micro-Electronics code; anomalous cosmic rays; direct-ionization-induced SEU; flares; galactic cosmic rays; geomagnetic transmission; graphical interface; ionizing radiation effect; near-Earth orbit; nuclear transport; numerical model; proton-induced SEU; single-event upset; solar energetic particles; spacecraft; Astrophysics; Cosmic rays; Earth; Ionizing radiation; Laboratories; Numerical models; Orbits; Radiation effects; Solar system; Space vehicles;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
