Constraints on the ultrahigh-energy photon flux using inclined showers from the Haverah Park array

Physical Review D

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Ave, M ^a   Hinton, J A ^a,b   Vazquez R A ^c   Watson, A A ^a   Zas, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CALCULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; DENSITY; ENERGY; PHOTON; PHYSICS; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 85038307081     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.65.063007     Document Type: Article

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