First measurements of cosmic-ray nuclei at high energy with CREAM

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 403-408

  Wakely, S P ^a   Ahn, H S ^b   Allison, P ^d   Bagliesi, M G ^e   Beatty, J J ^d   Bigongiari, G ^e   Boyle, P ^a   Brandt, T J ^d   Childers, J T ^f   Conklin, N B ^g   Coutu, S ^g   DuVernois, M A ^f   Ganel, O ^b   Han, J H ^h   Jeon, J A ^h   Kim, K C ^b   Lee, M H ^b   Lutz, L ^b   Maestro, P ^e   Malinine, A ^b   Marrocchesi, P S ^e   Minnick, S ⁱ   Mognet, S I ^g   Nam, S W ^h   Nutter, S ^j   Park, I H ^h   Park, J H ^h   Park, N H ^h   Seo, E S ^b,c   Sina, R ^b   Swordy, S P ^a   Wu, J ^b   Yang, J ^h   Yoon, Y S ^b   Zei, R ^e   Zinn, S Y ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^f University of Minnesota   (United States)

^g PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

ⁱ KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Cerenkov detector; Charge; Cosmic rays; Energy spectrum; TRD

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT; COSMOLOGY; NASA;

CERENKOV DETECTORS; CHARGE; COSMIC-RAY NUCLEUS; COSMIC-RAY PARTICLES; ENERGY SPECTRA; IMAGING CALORIMETERS; SCIENTIFIC RESULTS; TRANSITION RADIATION DETECTORS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 44949257108     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.03.080     Document Type: Article

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