The dawn of the particle astronomy era in ultra-high-energy cosmic rays

Nature

Volumn 458, Issue 7240, 2009, Pages 847-851

  Bauleo, Pablo M ^a   Martino, Julio Rodríguez ^b,c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RAY; EARTH; MAGNETIC FIELD;

ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; REVIEW; SPACE;

EID: 65249145301     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07948     Document Type: Review

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