HEAT - A low energy enhancement of the Pierre Auger Observatory

Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-186

  Meurer, C ^a   Scharf, N ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 79957506739     PISSN: 18106528     EISSN: 18106536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/astra-7-183-2011     Document Type: Article

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