Testing large-scale (an)isotropy of ultra-high energy cosmic rays

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Koers, Hylke B J ^a   Tinyakov, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Superclusters and voids; Ultra high energy cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350688079     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/04/003     Document Type: Article

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