Lateral distribution of air shower signals and initial energy spectrum above 1 PeV from IceTop

Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2007

Volumn 4, Issue HE PART 1, 2007, Pages 35-38

  Klepser, S ^a   Kislat, F ^b   Kolanoski, H ^b   Niessen, P ^c   Van Overloop, A ^d  

^a DESY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS;

COSMIC-RAY PARTICLES; DETECTOR SIMULATIONS; LATERAL DISTRIBUTIONS; PARTICLE RESPONSE; PERFORMANCE TESTS; PRIMARY ENERGIES; SIMULATION STUDIES; SURFACE DETECTORS;

SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84899509524     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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