Is there a 4.5 PeV neutron line in the cosmic ray spectrum?

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 1999, Pages

  Ehrlich, Robert ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 18044375446     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.60.073005     Document Type: Article

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