A non-parametric approach to infer the energy spectrum and the mass composition of cosmic rays

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 245-263

  Antoni, T ^a   Apel, W D ^a   Badea, F ^b   Bekk, K ^a   Bernlohr K ^a,g   Blumer H ^a,c   Bollmann, E ^a   Bozdog, H ^b   Brancus, I M ^b   Buttner C ^a   Chilingarian, A ^d   Daumiller, K ^c   Doll, P ^a   Engler, J ^a   Fessler F ^a   Gils, H J ^a   Glasstetter, R ^c   Haeusler, R ^a   Hafemann, W ^a   Haungs, A ^a   Heck, D ^a   Horandel J R ^c   Holst, T ^a   Kampert, K H ^a,c   Kempa, J ^e,h   Klages, H O ^a   Knapp, J ^c,i   Maier, G ^a   Mathes, H J ^a   Mayer, H J ^a   Milke, J ^a   Muhlenberg D ^a   Muller M ^a   Oehlschlager J ^a   Petcu, M ^b   Rebel, H ^a   Risse, M ^a   Roth, M ^a   Schatz, G ^a,j   Scholz, J ^a   Thouw, T ^a   Ulrich, H ^a   Vardanyan, A ^d   Vulpescu, B ^b   Weber, J H ^c   Wentz, J ^a   Wiegert, T ^a   Wochele, J ^a   Zabierowski, J ^f   Zagromski, S ^f   more..

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^d YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^f SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^g HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^j NONE   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; BACKPROPAGATION; COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; SET THEORY;

BACK-PROPAGATION ALGORITHM; ENERGY SPECTRUM; EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS (EAS); MASS COMPOSITION;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 0000613172     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-6505(01)00111-6     Document Type: Article

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