Heavy nuclei at the end of the cosmic-ray spectrum?

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 1999, Pages

  Romero, G E ^b   Combi, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE RADIOASTRONOMÍA   (Argentina)

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EID: 18144369300     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.60.103001     Document Type: Article

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