Balloon-borne observations of the galactic positron fraction during solar minimum negative polarity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Clem, John ^a   Evenson, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 72649105836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014225     Document Type: Article

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