Influence of the geomagnetic field and of the uncertainties in the primary spectrum on the development of the muon flux in the atmosphere

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Hansen, P ^a   Gaisser, T K ^a   Stanev, T ^a   Sciutto, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; PROTON;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CALCULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MODEL; MUON; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; RADIATION PHYSICS; SIMULATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 18444403433     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.71.083012     Document Type: Article

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