GRAPES-3 - A high-density air shower array for studies on the structure in the cosmic-ray energy spectrum near the knee

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 540, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 311-323

  Gupta, S K ^a   Aikawa, Y ^b   Gopalakrishnan, N V ^a   Hayashi, Y ^b   Ikeda, N ^b   Ito, N ^b   Jain, A ^a   John, A V ^a   Karthikeyan, S ^a   Kawakami, S ^b   Matsuyama, T ^b   Mohanty, D K ^a   Mohanty, P K ^a   Morris, S D ^a   Nonaka, T ^b   Oshima, A ^b   Rao, B S ^a   Ravindran, K C ^a   Sasano, M ^b   Sivaprasad, K ^a   Sreekantan, B V ^a   Tanaka, H ^b   Tonwar, S C ^a   Viswanathan, K ^a   Yoshikoshi, T ^b   more..

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Composition; Cosmic rays; Cosmic ray detectors; Cosmic ray interactions; Energy spectra and interactions; Extensive air showers; Gamma ray sources

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; COMPOSITION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GAMMA RAYS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTONS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

COSMIC-RAY DETECTORS; COSMIC-RAY INTERACTIONS; ENERGY SPECTRA AND INTERACTIONS; EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS; GAMM-RAY SOURCES;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 20244389225     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.11.025     Document Type: Article

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