Seasonal variation of atmospheric leptons as a probe of charm

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Desiati, Paolo ^a   Gaisser, Thomas K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MUONS; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; NEUTRINO DETECTORS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77957141429     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.121102     Document Type: Article

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