Cosmogenic photons as a test of ultra-high energy cosmic ray composition

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 340-343

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

^a FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composition; Cosmic ray; Cosmogenic photons

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; COSMIC RAY COMPOSITION; COSMIC RAY INTERACTIONS; COSMOGENIC; FUTURE OBSERVATIONS; HADRONIC INTERACTION MODELS; HEAVY NUCLEUS; LOW ENERGY PHOTONS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY; ULTRA HIGH-ENERGY COSMIC RAYS; ULTRA-HIGH ENERGIES;

COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; COSMOLOGY; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; PHOTONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 78650521080     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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