Measurement of the cosmic ray composition at the knee with the SPASE-2/AMANDA-B10 detectors

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 565-581

  Ahrens, J ^a   Ackermann, M ^b   Andres, E ^c   Bai, X ^d   Barwick, S W ^e   Bay, R C ^f   Becka, T ^a   Becker, K H ^g   Bernardini, E ^b   Bertrand, D ^h   Binon, F ^h   Biron, A ^b   Boersma, D J ^b   Boser S ^b   Botner, O ⁱ   Bouchta, A ⁱ   Bouhali, O ^h   Burgess, T ^j   Carius, S ^k   Castermans, T ^l   Chirkin, D ^f   Conrad, J ⁱ   Cooley, J ^c   Cowen, D F ^m   Davour, A ⁱ   de Clercq, C ^p   DeYoung, T ^c,t   Desiati, P ^c   Dewulf, J P ^h   Dickinson, E ⁿ   Ekstrom P ^j   Engel, R ^d,u   Evenson, P ^d   Feser, T ^a   Gaisser, T K ^d   Ganugapati, R ^c   Gaug, M ^b   Geenen, H ^g   Gerhardt, L ^e   Goldschmidt, A ^o   Hallgren, A ⁱ   Halzen, F ^c   Hanson, K ^c   Hardtke, R ^c   Hauschildt, T ^b   Hellwig, M ^a   Herquet, P ^l   Hill, G C ^c   Hinton, J A ⁿ   Hubert, D ^p   Hughey, B ^c   Hulth, P O ^j   Hultqvist, K ^j   Hundertmark, S ^j   Jacobsen, J ^o   Karle, A ^c   Kim, J ^e   Kopke L ^a   Kowalski, M ^b   Kuehn, K ^e   Lamoureux, J I ^o   Leich, H ^b   Leuthold, M ^b   Lindahl, P ^k   Liubarsky, I ^q   Lloyd Evans, J ⁿ   Madsen, J ^r   Mandli, K ^c   Marciniewski, P ⁱ   Matis, H S ^o   McParland, C P ^o   Messarius, T ^g   Miller, T C ^d,v   Minaeva, Y ^j   Miocinovic P ^f,w   Mock, P C ^e,x   Morse, R ^c   Nahnhauer, R ^g   Neunhoffer T ^a   Niessen, P ^p   Nygren, D R ^o   Ogelman H ^c   Olbrechts, P ^p   Perez de los Heros C ^j   Pohl, A C ^j   Porrata, R ^e,y   Price, P B ^f   Przybylski, G T ^o   Rawlins, K ^c   Resconi, E ^b   Rhode, W ^g   Ribordy, M ^b   Richter, S ^c   Rochester, K ⁿ   Rodriguez Martino J ^j   Ross, D ^e   Sander, H G ^a   Schmidt, T ^b   Schinarakis, K ^g   Schlenstedt, S ^b   Schneider, D ^c   Schwarz, R ^c   Silvestri, A ^e   Solarz, M ^f   Spiczak, G M ^r   Spiering, C ^b   Stamatikos, M ^c   Stanev, T ^d   Steele, D ^c   Steffen, P ^b   Stokstad, R G ^o   Sulanke, K H ^b   Taboada, I ^s   Tilav, S ^d   Walck, C ^j   Wagner, W ^g   Wang, Y R ^c   Watson, A A ⁿ   Wiebusch, C H ^g   Wiedemann, C ^j   Wischnewski, R ^b   Wissing, H ^b   Woschnagg, K ^f   Wu, W ^e   Yodh, G ^e   Young, S ^e   more..

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DESY   (Germany)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

ⁱ UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^k LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^m PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^o LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^p VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^q IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^s UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^t Bldg 142   (United States)

^u KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^v JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^x AcuSea Inc   (United States)

^y LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cosmic Rays; Mass composition; Neutrino astronomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544328882     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2004.04.007     Document Type: Article

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