Lookup tables to compute high energy cosmic ray induced atmospheric ionization and changes in atmospheric chemistry

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Atri, Dimitra ^a   Melott, Adrian L ^a   Thomas, Brian C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray theory; Ultra high energy cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952801253     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/05/008     Document Type: Article

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