Comparative study of electromagnetic shower track lengths in water and implications for Čerenkov radio emission

Physical Review D

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Alvarez Muñiz, Jaime ^a   Marqués, Enrique ^b   Vázquez, Ricardo A ^b   Zas, Enrique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOFREQUENCY; REACTION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 0141545172     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.68.043001     Document Type: Article

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