Footprints of super-GZK cosmic rays in the Pilliga State Forest

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

Volumn 583, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 213-221

  Anchordoqui, Luis ^a   Goldberg, Haim ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; COSMIC RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION ENERGY;

EID: 1342279496     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2003.12.072     Document Type: Article

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