Normalized atmospheric ionization yield functions y for different cosmic ray nuclei obtained with recent CORSIKA code simulations

Comptes Rendus de L'Academie Bulgare des Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 631-640

  Mishev, Alexander ^a   Velinov, Peter I Y ^b  

^a Nuclear Regulatory Agency   (Bulgaria)

^b Faculty of Physics Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Cosmic rays; Heavy nuclei; Ionization model

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651083532     PISSN: 13101331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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