Normalized ionization yield function for various nuclei obtained with full Monte Carlo simulations

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-24

  Mishev, A L ^a,c   Velinov, P I Y ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY   (Bulgaria)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atmospheric cascade simulations; Atmospheric ionization; Cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; COSMOLOGY; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ATMOSPHERIC CASCADES; CODE SIMULATION; COSMIC-RAY NUCLEUS; HADRONIC INTERACTION MODELS; IONIZATION YIELD; IRON NUCLEI; LONGITUDINAL PROFILE; PRIMARY PARTICLES;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 79957597774     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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