Balloon measurements of cosmic ray muon spectra in the atmosphere along with those of primary protons and helium nuclei over midlatitude

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Basini, G ^h   Ricci, M ^h   Papini, P ^g   Piccardi, S ^g   Spillantini, P ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^h INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

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EID: 17144368080     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.60.052002     Document Type: Article

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