The energy spectra and relative abundances of electrons and positrons in the galactic cosmic radiation

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 498, Issue 2 PART I, 1998, Pages 779-789

  Barwick, S W ^a   Beatty, J J ^b   Bower, C R ^c   Chaput, C J ^d   Coutu, S ^b,d   De Nolfo, G A ^b   DuVernois, M A ^b   Ellithorpe, D ^e   Ficenec, D ^f   Knapp, J ^e,g   Lowder, D M ^h   Mckee, S ^d   Muller D ^e   Musser, J A ^c   Nutter, S L ^b,i   Schneider, E ^a   Swordy, S P ^e   Tarle G ^d   Tomasch, A D ^d   Torbet, E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloons; Cosmic rays; Elementary particles; Instrumentation: detectors ISM: abundances

Indexed keywords

EID: 4244108745     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/305573     Document Type: Article

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