Atmospheric shower fluctuations and the constant intensity cut method

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Alvarez Muñiz, Jaime ^a   Engel, Ralph ^a   Gaisser, T K ^a   Ortiz, Jeferson A ^a   Stanev, Todor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMOS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; ENERGY; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037116175     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.66.123004     Document Type: Article

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