The rate of cosmic ray showers at large zenith angles: A step towards the detection of ultra-high energy neutrinos by the Pierre Auger Observatory

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-120

  Ave, M ^a   Vazquez R A ^a   Zas, E ^a   Hinton, J A ^b   Watson, A A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001443504     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-6505(00)00114-6     Document Type: Article

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