Composition sensitivity of the Auger observatory through inclined showers

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Ave, M ^a   Hinton, J A ^a   Vazquez R A ^a   Watson, A A ^a   Zas, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; ENERGY; HADRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MUON; PHOTON; PHYSICS;

EID: 6444243223     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.67.043005     Document Type: Article

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