Secondary decays in atmospheric charm contributions to the flux of muons and muon neutrinos

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-202

  Pasquali, L ^a   Reno, M H ^a,b   Sarcevic, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric fluxes; Charmed mesons; Cosmic rays; Neutrinos

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032185849     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-6505(98)00019-X     Document Type: Article

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