The footprint of large scale cosmic structure on the ultrahigh energy cosmic ray distribution

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn , Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Cuoco, A ^a   D'Abrusco, R ^a   Longo, G ^a,b   Miele, G ^a   Serpico, P D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays detectors; Superclusters and voids; Ultra high energy cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645668485     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2006/01/009     Document Type: Article

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