The cosmic ray energy spectrum in the range 1016-1018 eV measured by KASCADE-Grande

Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-234

  Bertaina, M ^b   Apel, W D ^a   Arteaga Velazquez J C ^a,i   Bekk, K ^a   Blumer J ^a   Bozdog, H ^a   Brancus, I M ^c   Buchholz, P ^d   Cantoni, E ^a,b,e   Chiavassa, A ^b   Cossavella, F ^a,j   Daumiller, K ^a   De Souza, V ^a,k   Di Pierro, F ^b   Doll, P ^a   Engel, R ^a   Engler, J ^a   Finger, M ^a   Fuhrmann, D ^f   Ghia, P L ^e   Gils, H J ^a   Glasstetter, R ^f   Grupen, C ^d   Haungs, A ^a   Heck, D ^a   Horandel J R ^a,l   Huege, T ^a   Isar, P G ^a   Kampert, K H ^f   Kang, D ^a   Kickelbick, D ^d   Klages, H O ^a   Link, K ^a   Luczak P ^g   Ludwig, M ^a   Mathes, H J ^a   Mayer, H J ^a   Melissas, M ^a   Milke, J ^a   Mitrica, B ^c   Morello, C ^e   Navarra, G ^b   Nehls, S ^a   Oehlschlager J ^a   Ostapchenko, S ^a,m   Over, S ^d   Palmieri, N ^a   Petcu, M ^c   Pierog, T ^a   Rebel, H ^a   Roth, M ^a   Schieler, H ^a   Schroder F ^a   Sima, O ^h   Toma, G ^c   Trinchero, G C ^e   Ulrich, H ^a   Weindl, A ^a   Wochele, J ^a   Wommer, M ^a   Zabierowski, J ^g   more..

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^e Istituto di Fisica Dello Spazio Interplanetario INAF   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^g SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^j MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^l RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^m NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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EID: 79959736995     PISSN: 18106528     EISSN: 18106536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/astra-7-229-2011     Document Type: Article

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