Energy spectrum of secondary protons above the atmosphere measured by the instruments NINA and NINA-2

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1693-1697

  Bidoli, V ^a   Casolino, M ^a   De Pascale, M ^a   Furano, G ^a   Iannucci, A ^a   Morselli, A ^a   Picozza, P ^a   Sparvoli, R ^a   Bakaldin, A ^b   Galper, A ^b   Koldashov, S ^b   Korotkov, M ^b   Leonov, A ^b   Mikhailov, V ^b   Voronov, S ^b   Boezio, M ^c   Bonvicini, V ^c   Vacchi, A ^c   Zampa, G ^c   Zampa, N ^c   Ambriola, M ^d   Cafagna, F ^d   Circella, M ^d   De Marzo, C ^d   Adriani, O ^e   Papini, P ^e   Spillantini, P ^e   Straulino, S ^e   Vannuccini, E ^e   Ricci, M ^f   Castellini, G ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY MEPHI   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^g IFAC CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (energetic particles, trapped; instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0036825585     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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