Measurements of proton, helium and muon spectra at small atmospheric depths with the BESS spectrometer

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

Volumn 564, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 8-20

  Abe, K ^a,b   Sanuki, T ^a   Anraku, K ^a,g   Asaoka, Y ^a   Fuke, H ^a   Haino, S ^a   Ikeda, N ^b   Imori, M ^a   Izumi, K ^a   Maeno, T ^b,h   Makida, Y ^c   Matsuda, S ^a   Matsui, N ^a   Matsukawa, T ^b   Matsumoto, H ^a   Mitchell, J W ^d   Moiseev, A A ^d   Nishimura, J ^a   Nozaki, M ^b   Orito, S ^a   Ormes, J F ^d   Sasaki, M ^c,d   Seo, E S ^e   Shikaze, Y ^b   Sonoda, T ^a   Streitmatter, R E ^d   Suzuki, J ^c   Tanaka, K ^c   Tanizaki, K ^b   Yamagami, T ^f   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 NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^g KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atmospheric muon; Atmospheric neutrino; Cosmic ray helium; Cosmic ray proton; Superconducting spectrometer

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; PROTON;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COSMIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; FLIGHT; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; SPECTROMETER; SPECTRUM;

EID: 17944401443     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00676-2     Document Type: Article

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