Measurements of the cosmic-ray positron fraction from 1 to 50 GeV

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 482, Issue 2 PART II, 1997, Pages

  Barwick, S W ^a   Beatty, J J ^b   Bhattacharyya, A ^c   Bower, C R ^c   Chaput, C J ^d   Coutu, S ^d   De Nolfo, G A ^b,e   Knapp, J ^f   Lowder, D M ^g   Mckee, S ^d   Muller D ^h   Musser, J A ^c   Nutter, S L ⁱ   Schneider, E ^a   Swordy, S P ^h   Tarle G ^d   Tomasch, A D ^d   Torbet, E ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Elementary particles; Instrumentation: detectors; ISM: abundances

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042736016     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/310706     Document Type: Article

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