The information form muon arrival time distributions of high-energy EAS as measured with the KASCADE detector

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 319-331

  Antoni, T ^a   Apel, W D ^b   Badea, A F ^a,c   Bekk, K ^b   Bercuci, A ^b,c   Blumer H ^a,b   Bozdog, H ^b   Brancus, I M ^c   Butter C ^b   Chilingarian, A A ^d   Daumiller, K ^a   Doll, P ^b   Engler, J ^b   Fessler, F ^a   Gils, H J ^b   Glasstetter, R ^a   Haeusler, R ^a   Haungs, A ^b   Heck, D ^b   Horandel J R ^a   Iwan, A ^a,f   Kampert, K H ^a,b   Klages, H O ^b   Maier, G ^b   Mathes, H J ^b   Mayer, H J ^b   Milke, J ^a   Muller M ^b   Obenland, R ^b   Oehlschlager J ^b   Ostapchenko, S ^a,g   Petcu, M ^c   Rebel, H ^b   Risse, M ^b   Roth, M ^b   Schatz, G ^b   Schieler, H ^b   Scholz, J ^b   Thouw, T ^b   Ulrich, H ^a   Weber, J H ^a   Weindl, A ^b   Wentz, J ^b   Wochele, J ^b   Zabierowski, J ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^d YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

^e SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^g MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arrival time distributions; Extensive air showers; Model test; Primary mass composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037232121     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00153-6     Document Type: Article

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