The energy spectra of heavy nuclei measured by the ATIC experiment

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1944-1949

  Panov, A D ^a   Adams Jr , J H ^b   Ahn, H S ^c   Bashindzhagyan, G L ^a   Batkov, K E ^a   Chang, J ^d,g   Christl, M ^b   Fazely, A R ^e   Ganel, O ^c   Gunasingha, R M ^e   Guzik, T G ^f   Isbert, J ^f   Kim, K C ^c   Kouznetsov, E N ^a   Panasyuk, M I ^a   Schmidt, W K H ^d   Seo, E S ^c   Sokolskaya, N V ^a   Wefel, J P ^f   Wu, J ^c   Zatsepin, V I ^a   more..

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Energy spectra; Heavy nuclei; Propagation models

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COSMIC RAYS; DIFFUSION; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OXYGEN; SCATTERING;

ENERGY SPECTRA; HEAVY NUCLEI; KOLMOGOROV SPECTRUM; PROPAGATION MODELS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33744926410     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.07.040     Document Type: Article

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