Resolving electrons from protons in ATIC

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 431-436

  Chang, J ^a,b   Adams Jr , J H ^c   Ahn, H S ^d   Bashindzhagyan, G L ^e   Batkov, K E ^e   Christl, M ^c   Fazely, A R ^f   Ganel, O ^d   Gunashingha, R M ^f   Guzik, T G ^g   Isbert, J ^g   Kim, K C ^d   Kouznetsov, E N ^e   Lin, Z W ^h   Panasyuk, M I ^e   Panov, A D ^e   Schmidt, W K H ^b   Seo, E S ^d   Sokolskaya, N V ^e   Watts, John W ^c   Wefel, J P ^g   Wu, J ^g   Zatsepin, V I ^e   more..

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d Institute for Physical Science and Technology ^*  (United States)

^e MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon flight; Beam test; Electron; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; CALORIMETERS; COSMOLOGY; ELECTRONS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ADVANCED THIN IONIZATION CALORIMETERS; BALLOON FLIGHTS; BEAM TESTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC CASCADES; GAMMA-RAY OBSERVATIONS; HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRON; LONG DURATION BALLOONS; SIMULATION;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 44849138222     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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