Observation of the suppression of the flux of cosmic rays above 4×1019eV

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY;

ENERGY SPECTRA; PARTICLE FLUXES; PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY; POWER-LAW; SPECTRAL INDICES; STANDARD DEVIATION;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 49249109520     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.061101     Document Type: Article

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