COSMIC-RAY MUON SPECTRUM UP TO 1-TEV AT 75-DEGREES ZENITH ANGLE

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作者
JOKISCH, H
CARSTENSEN, K
DAU, WD
MEYER, HJ
ALLKOFER, OC
机构
[1] Institut für Kernphysik, University of Kiel
[2] Abteilung Medizinische Statistik und Dokumentation, University of Kiel
[3] Fachbereich Physik, Gesamthochschule Siegen
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1979年 / 19卷 / 05期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.19.1368
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
The spectrum of about 6 × 105 muons in the zenith angle range θ=68°-82°and the energy range E=1-1000 GeV has been measured by a Kiel-Desy collaboration at Hamburg. The data are represented by a simple form fit which goes as E-2.57sec θ for the integral spectrum at very high energies. indicating that the galactic cosmic-ray nucleon spectrum is flatter than E-2.75 beyond 1000 GeV. © 1979 The American Physical Society.
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页码:1368 / 1372
页数:5
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