A new approach to inferring the mass composition of cosmic rays

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-375

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mass composition; Ultra high energy cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037231994     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00158-5     Document Type: Article

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