Magnetospheric transmission function approach to disentangle primary from secondary cosmic ray fluxes in the penumbra region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Bobik, P ^a   Boella, G ^b,c,e   Boschini, M J ^b,d,f   Gervasi, M ^b,c,e   Grandi, D ^b,e   Kudela, K ^a   Pensotti, S ^b,c,e   Rancoita, P G ^b,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Slovakia)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d Inter University Consortium of Lombardy for Automatic Data Processing (CILEA)   (Italy)

^e INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^f Inter University Consortium of Lombardy for Automatic Data Processing (CILEA)   (Italy)

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EID: 33947676932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011235     Document Type: Article

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