Power laws and the cosmic ray energy spectrum

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 455-464

  Hague, J D ^a   Becker, B R ^a   Gold, M S ^a   Matthews, J A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

High energy cosmic ray flux; Power law; TP statistic

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ENERGY SCALE; ENERGY SPECTRUM; HIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAY FLUX; POWER LAWS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 34247853446     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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