A MC approach to simulate up- and down-going neutrino showers including local topographic conditions

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 402-413

  Gora D ^a,b   Roth, M ^c   Tamburro, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAYS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FLUXES; GALAXIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND; NEUTRINO PROPAGATION; PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY; WAXMAN-BAHCALL (WB) BOUND;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 33751207414     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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