Photon air showers at ultra-high energy and the photonuclear cross-section

Czechoslovak Journal of Physics

Volumn 56, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

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

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air shower; Cosmic rays; Cross section; Photon

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748577669     PISSN: 00114626     EISSN: 15729486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10582-006-0166-7     Document Type: Article

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