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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Zenith Angle Dependence of Cosmic Ray Shower Development from Observations of the Time Structure of Atmospheric Cerenkov Pulses

RW Clay and GJ Thornton

Australian Journal of Physics 33(3) 607 - 606
Published: 1980

Abstract

The attenuation of extensive air showers has been studied using atmospheric Cerenkov techniques. Observations over a range of zenith angles are correlated and an attenuation length of 234 ± 38 g cm ? 2 obtained for showers with sea-level sizes of ~ 106 ?

https://doi.org/10.1071/PH800607

© CSIRO 1980

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