PeV cosmic rays: A window on the leptonic era?

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 379-392

  Wigmans, Richard ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Knee; Neutrino mass; Relic neutrinos

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037410554     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00242-6     Document Type: Article

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