Rigidity-dependent cosmic ray energy spectra in the knee region obtained with the GAMMA experiment

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-181

  Garyaka, A P ^a   Martirosov, R M ^a   Ter Antonyan, S V ^a   Nikolskaya, N ^d   Gallant, Y A ^b   Jones, L ^c   Procureur, J ^e  

^a YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e CENTRE D ETUDES NUCLÉAIRES DE BORDEAUX GRADIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Composition; Cosmic rays; Energy spectra; Extensive air showers

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; EXTRAPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION; ENERGY SPECTRA; EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS;

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS;

EID: 34548409150     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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