Interpretation of the underground muon charge ratio

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-71

  Schreiner, P A ^a,b   Reichenbacher, J ^a   Goodman, M C ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meson charge ratio; Muon charge ratio; Underground cosmic ray muons

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ANALYTICAL CALCULATION; CHARGE RATIO; CHARGE SIGN; COSMIC-RAY MUONS; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; ENERGY DEPENDENT; MUON CHARGE RATIO;

CHARGED PARTICLES;

EID: 69049088699     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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