Cosmic rays from the knee to the second knee: 1014 to 10 18 eV

Modern Physics Letters A

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 1533-1551

  Hörandel, Jörg R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air showers; Cosmic rays; Heitler model; Knee

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547653676     PISSN: 02177323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217732307024139     Document Type: Article

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