On the knee in the energy spectrum of cosmic rays

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-220

  Hörandel, Jörg R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air shower; Cosmic rays; Energy spectrum; Knee; Mass composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037401197     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00198-6     Document Type: Article

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