Was the highest energy cosmic ray a photon?

Acta Physica Polonica B

Volumn 35, Issue 6-7, 2004, Pages 1893-1904

  Homola, P ^a   Risse, M ^a,b   Gora D ^a   Heck, D ^b   Klages, H ^b   Pekala J ^a   Wilczynska B ^a   Wilczynski H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSMIC RAYS; DATA REDUCTION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MICROWAVES; PROBABILITY;

AIR SHOWERS; ASTRONOMICAL VICINITY; ULTRA HIGH ENERGIES (UHE);

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 3042699802     PISSN: 05874254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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