Influence of shower fluctuations and primary composition on studies of the shower longitudinal development

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Alvarez Muñiz, Jaime ^a   Engel, Ralph ^a   Gaisser, T K ^a   Ortiz, Jeferson A ^a   Stanev, Todor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 3142647089     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.69.103003     Document Type: Article

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