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A pedantic point (good thing I'm on HN), but I wonder if they didn't actually mean muons and not gamma rays?
by nategri 8y ago
A pedantic point (good thing I'm on HN), but I wonder if they didn't actually mean muons and not gamma rays?
- jermaustin1 8y agoI doubt think the programmer knew one way or the other, just doing what they were told by the manufacturer, and gamma ray is probably easier to explain to anyone after the 1950s/60s than muon. I mean after all, did any superhero get their powers from muons?
- ketralnis 8y agoOnly Muon Man, but he decayed in 2.2μs so he wasn't very well known
- 21 8y agoApparently 95% of "bit flipping cosmic rays" are neutrons: > At the Earth's surface approximately 95% of the particles capable of causing soft errors are energetic neutrons with the remainder composed of protons and pions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_error#Cosmic_rays_creating_energetic_neutrons_and_protons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_error#Cosmic_rays_creatin...
- planteen 8y agoSounds about right. I've been a part of a radiation test giving a SoC gamma exposure for total irradiating dose measurement. I didn't see a single upset the whole test.
- nategri 8y agoGreat find. And somewhat surprising because hadrons mostly don't survive to sea level. Too much integrated cross-section with the atmosphere.