Global anisotropy of arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays: Capabilities of space-based detectors

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Kalashev, O E ^a   Khrenov, B A ^b   Klimov, P ^b   Sharakin, S ^b   Troitsky, S V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dark matter; Superclusters and voids; Ultra high energy cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049140242     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2008/03/003     Document Type: Article

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