Measurement of the atmospheric muon spectrum from 20 to 3000 GeV

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 598, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 15-32

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^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^h INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

ⁱ HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^k TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^l NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

ⁿ WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^o MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^p PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^q INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH ATOMKI   (Hungary)

^r UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^s UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^t CERN   (Switzerland)

^u WORLD LABORATORY   (Switzerland)

^v UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^w UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^x CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^y UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^z UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^aa CIEMAT   (Spain)

^ab FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^ac INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^ad INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^af UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^ag RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^ah Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^ai CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^ak PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^al CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^am UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^an PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ap SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^aq UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^ar UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^as UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^at BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^au Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^av NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^aw NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^ax PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ay PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^az DESY   (Germany)

^ba ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^bb UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ENERGY; MEASUREMENT; MUON; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SPECTRUM;

EID: 4444277304     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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