Energy spectrum and mass composition of high-energy cosmic rays

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1145-1206

  Haungs, Andreas ^a   Rebel, Heinigerd ^a   Roth, Markus ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 0043071293     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/66/7/202     Document Type: Article

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