Anisotropy vs chemical composition at ultra-high energies

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Lemoine, Martin ^a   Waxman, Eli ^b  

^a INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray theory; Ultra high energy cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449981861     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/11/009     Document Type: Article

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