Measurements of He isotopic ratio in cosmic rays in the 100 MeV-1 GeV range with the PAMELA experiment

Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 465-469

  Casolino, M ^a,b   De Santis, C ^a   De Simone, N ^a   Formato, V ^a   Nikonov, N ^a   Picozza, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

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EID: 84874339763     PISSN: 18106528     EISSN: 18106536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/astra-7-465-2011     Document Type: Article

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