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Energy Spectrum of Primary Cosmic Rays in the Range 1010–1015 eV

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AN examination has been made of the dependence of the energy spectra of cosmic ray muons and protons at sea-level on the primary cosmic ray spectrum assuming a particular model for the interaction of high-energy nucleons. This has enabled a new estimate to be made of the primary cosmic ray intensities over a wide range of energy.

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BROOKE, G., HAYMAN, P., KAMIYA, Y. et al. Energy Spectrum of Primary Cosmic Rays in the Range 1010–1015 eV. Nature 198, 1293–1294 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1981293a0

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