Measurement of cosmic-ray proton and antiproton spectra at mountain altitude

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 577, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 10-17

  Sanuki, T ^a   Fujikawa, M ^a   Matsunaga, H ^a,d   Abe, K ^b   Anraku, K ^a,e   Fuke, H ^a   Haino, S ^a   Imori, M ^a   Izumi, K ^a   Maeno, T ^b,f   Makida, Y ^c   Matsui, N ^a   Matsumoto, H ^a   Nishimura, J ^a   Nozaki, M ^b   Orito, S ^a   Sasaki, M ^c,g   Shikaze, Y ^b   Suzuki, J ^c   Tanaka, K ^c   Yamamoto, A ^c   Yamamoto, Y ^a   Yamato, K ^b   Yoshida, T ^c   Yoshimura, K ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f CERN   (Switzerland)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric cosmic ray; Cosmic ray antiproton; Cosmic ray proton; Superconducting spectrometer

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; BIOENERGY; CALCULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATION; SEA LEVEL;

EID: 0344440762     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.021     Document Type: Article

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