The highest-energy cosmic rays

Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science

Volumn 59, Issue , 2009, Pages 319-345

  Beatty, James J ^a   Westerhoff, Stefan ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Extensive air showers; High energy astrophysics; Particle acceleration

Indexed keywords

EID: 75449103371     PISSN: 01638998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nucl.58.110707.171154     Document Type: Review

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