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    Energy travels through the radiative zone in the form of electromagnetic radiation as photons. Matter in a radiative zone is so dense that photons can travel...
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    never to return the "Red Zone" (50–200 μSv·h−1), where evacuees might return once radiation levels normalized the "Blue Zone" (30–50 μSv·h−1), where children...
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  • The Van Allen radiation belt is a zone of energetic charged particles, most of which originate from the solar wind, that are captured by and held around...
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    transported by convection in such a region. In a radiation zone, energy is transported by radiation and conduction. Stellar convection consists of mass...
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    particle radiation consisting of particles of non-zero rest energy, such as alpha radiation (α), beta radiation (β), proton radiation and neutron radiation acoustic...
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  • integrating Fick's first law over the surface of some radius r in the radiation zone (where there is negligible convection), we get the total outgoing energy...
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    Sun (section Solar radiation)
    radiating the energy from its surface mainly as visible light and infrared radiation with 10% at ultraviolet energies. It is by far the most important source...
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    The AGM-88 HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile) is a tactical, air-to-surface anti-radiation missile designed to home in on electronic transmissions...
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    region of the volume of a star, lying above the stellar core, radiation zone and convection zone. The stellar atmosphere is divided into several regions of...
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    Radiation therapy or radiotherapy (RT, RTx, or XRT) is a treatment using ionizing radiation, generally provided as part of cancer therapy to either kill...
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