Atmospheric attenuation in gamma ray astronomy

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-171

  Snabre, P ^a   Saka, A ^b   Fabre, B ^b   Espigat, P ^c  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric scattering; Cherenkov showers; Cosmic rays; Monte Carlo simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031990328     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-6505(97)00046-7     Document Type: Article

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