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Re:Differences in Semiconductor Soft Errors Caused by Cosmic... by chasil on Monday July 26, 2021 @10:26AM (#27959732)
As I understand it, the surface of the earth is commonly bombarded by muons (and lots of them).

Surface muons are used for imaging the Egyptian pyramids, among other things:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05254-2

Neutrons are much more dangerous, as they will readily be absorbed by atomic nuclei when moving slowly enough, and can form unstable isotopes that might decay by alpha/beta/gamma radiation.

Neutron radiation must be at much lower levels than surface muon bombardment.

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