DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION FOR ION TRACK LENGTHS IN RECTANGULAR VOLUMES

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BRADFORD, JN
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[1] Deputy for Electronic Technology, Rome Air Development Center, Hanscom Air Force Base
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10.1063/1.326503
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O59 [应用物理学];
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A distribution function for the chord lengths through a rectangular body is developed. Since the trajectories of high-energy massive particles are straight lines, the chord-length distribution function describes the path-length distribution on an object exposed to the cosmic-ray flux. The formalism has application to the energy deposited in satellite-borne microelectronic circuitry by cosmic rays.
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