Underground muon counters as a tool for composition analyses

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 461-470

  Supanitsky, A D ^a,d   Etchegoyen, A ^a,c   Medina Tanco, G ^d   Allekotte, I ^b   Gomez Berisso M ^b,c   Medina, M C ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

^c CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Cosmic rays; Muon detectors

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; COSMOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; TELEMETERING SYSTEMS;

BASELINE DESIGN; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY; SURFACE ARRAY; TRANSITION ENERGIES;

CURVE FITTING;

EID: 46749117108     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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