On the heavy chemical composition of the ultra-high energy cosmic rays

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 151-159

  Hooper, Dan ^a,b   Taylor, Andrew M ^c,d  

^a NASA FERMILAB ASTROPHYSICS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Composition; UHECR

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR CORRELATIONS; ARRIVAL DIRECTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COHERENT LENGTH; COSMIC RAY SPECTRA; LOWER ENERGIES; NARROW DISTRIBUTION; PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY; PROFILE MEASUREMENT; ULTRA HIGH-ENERGY COSMIC RAYS; ULTRA-HIGH ENERGIES;

COSMOLOGY; EXCITATION ENERGY; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 77649338726     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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