Study of cosmic ray composition in the knee region using multiple muon events in the Soudan 2 detector

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 5282-5294

  Kasahara, S M ^b   Allison, W W M ^c   Alner, G J ^d   Ayres, D S ^a   Barrett, W L ^f   Bode, C R ^b   Border, P M ^b   Brooks, C B ^c   Cobb, J H ^c   Cockerill, D J A ^d   Cotton, R J ^d   Courant, H ^b   DeMuth, D M ^b   Ewen, B ^e   Fields, T H ^a   Gallagher, H R ^c   Goodman, M C ^a   Gran, R W ^b   Gray, R N ^b   Johns, K ^b   Kafka, T ^e   Leeson, W ^e   Litchfield, P J ^d   Longley, N P ^b   Lowe, M J ^b   Mann, W A ^e   Marshak, M L ^b   May, E N ^a   Milburn, R H ^e   Miller, W H ^b   Mualem, L ^b   Napier, A ^e   Oliver, W ^e   Pearce, G F ^d   Peterson, E A ^b   Price, L E ^a   Roback, D M ^b   Ruddick, K ^b   Schmid, D J ^b   Schneps, J ^e   Schub, M H ^b   Seidlein, R V ^a   Shupe, M A ^b   Sundaralingam, N ^e   Thron, J L ^a   Trost, H J ^a   Uretsky, J L ^a   Vassiliev, V ^b   Villaume, G ^b   Wakely, S P ^b   Wall, D ^e   Werkema, S J ^b   West, N ^c   more..

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001119533     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.55.5282     Document Type: Article

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