Indirect Measurements around the Knee — Recent Results from Kascade
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T. ANTONI,b W. D. APEL,a F. BADEA,a,∗ K. BEKK,a A. BERCUCI,c H. BLÜMER,a,b H. BOZDOG,b I. M. BRANCUS,c C. BÜTTNER,b A. CHILINGARIAN,d K. DAUMILLER,a P. DOLL,a R. ENGEL,a J. ENGLER,a F. FEßLER,a H. J. GILS,a R. GLASSTETTER,e A. HAUNGS,a D. HECK,a J. R. HÖRANDEL,b K.-H. KAMPERT,e H. O. KLAGES,a G. MAIER,a,† H. J. MATHES,a H. J. MAYER,a J. MILKE,a M. MÜLLER,a R. OBENLAND,a J. OEHLSCHLÄGER,a S. OSTAPCHENKO,a,‡ M. PETCU,c H. REBEL,a A. RISSE, f M. RISSE,a M. ROTH,b H. SCHIELER,a J. SCHOLZ,a T. THOUW,a H. ULRICHa A. VARDANYAN,d J. VAN BUREN,a A. WEINDL,a J. WOCHELE,a J. ZABIEROWSKI f and S. ZAGROMSKIa aInstitut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany bInstitut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, D-76021 Germany cNational Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, 7690 Romania dCosmic Ray Division, Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan, 375036 Armenia eFachbereich Physik, Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, D-42097 Germany f Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Lodz, 90950 Poland
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