Energy spectra of atmospheric muons measured with the CAPRICE98 balloon experiment

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Boezio, M ^a   Bonvicini, V ^a   Schiavon, P ^a   Vacchi, A ^a   Zampa, N ^a   Bergstrom D ^b   Carlson, P ^b   Francke, T ^b   Hansen, P ^b   Mocchiutti, E ^b   Suffert, M ^c   Hof, M ^d   Kremer, J ^d   Menn, W ^d   Simon, M ^d   Ambriola, M ^e   Bellotti, R ^e   Cafagna, F ^e   Ciacio, F ^e   Circella, M ^e   Marzo, C N ^e   Papini, P ^f   Piccardi, S ^f   Spillantini, P ^f   Vannuccini, E ^f   Bartalucci, S ^g   Ricci, M ^g   Casolino, M ^h   Pascale, M P ^h   Morselli, A ^h   Picozza, P ^h   Sparvoli, R ^h   Mitchell, J W ⁱ   Ormes, J F ⁱ   Stephens, S A ⁱ   Streitmatter, R E ⁱ   Bravar, U ^j   Stochaj, S J ^j   more..

^a SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

^c Ctr des Rech Nucleaires   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^e INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^f INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^g INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

ⁱ NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^j NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CALORIMETER; ENERGY; MAGNET; MEASUREMENT; OSCILLATION; SPECTROMETER; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0037763799     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.67.072003     Document Type: Article

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