ARAMIS: a Martian radiative environment model built from GEANT4 simulations | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 14, 2024


Article Number		35
Number of page(s)		19
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2024032
Published online		13 November 2024

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