Alpha Particles

Known as: Particle, Alpha, alpha radiation, Alpha Particle 
Positively charged particles composed of two protons and two NEUTRONS, i.e. equivalent to HELIUM nuclei, which are emitted during disintegration of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Comparison of alpha-particle and neutron-induced combinational and sequential logic error rates at the 32nm technology node
We report on particle induced upset rates of combinational and sequential logic. A novel test chip has been designed in a 32nm… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Induction of a bystander mutagenic effect of alpha particles in mammalian cells.
Ever since the discovery of X-rays was made by Röntgen more than a hundred years ago, it has always been accepted that the… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Factors underlying the cell growth-related bystander responses to alpha particles.
Increases in cell proliferation are widely viewed as being of importance in carcinogenesis. We report that exposure of normal… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Targeted cytoplasmic irradiation with alpha particles induces mutations in mammalian cells.
Ever since x-rays were shown to induce mutation in Drosophila more than 70 years ago, prevailing dogma considered the genotoxic… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Alpha particles induce the production of interleukin-8 by human cells.
The pulmonary microenvironment is a primary target for alpha particles like those emitted by inhaled radon and its progeny. While… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Intercellular communication is involved in the bystander regulation of gene expression in human cells exposed to very low fluences of alpha particles.
We demonstrate by western analysis that the expression levels of TP53 (formerly known as p53), CDKN1A (formerly known as p21Waf1… (More)
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Extracellular factor(s) following exposure to alpha particles can cause sister chromatid exchanges in normal human cells.
The mechanism(s) by which alpha particles like those emitted from inhaled radon and radon progeny cause their mutagenic and… (More)
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Alpha-particle-induced sister chromatid exchange in normal human lung fibroblasts: evidence for an extranuclear target.
We investigated the relationship between nuclear hits by alpha particles and the subsequent occurrence of sister chromatid… (More)
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Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
A field-funneling effect on the collection of alpha-particle-generated carriers in silicon devices
We studied the transient characteristics of charge collection from alpha-particle tracks in silicon devices. We have run computer… (More)
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Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Alpha-particle-induced soft errors in dynamic memories
A new physical soft error mechanism in dynamic RAM's and CCD's is the upset of stored data by the passage of alpha particles… (More)
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