Cosmic ray physics around the knee with the KASCADE experiment ( ∗ )
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A. Haungs(1)(∗∗), T. Antoni(), W. D. Apel(), F. Badea(), K. Bekk() K. Bernlöhr(1)(∗∗∗), H. Blümer()(), E. Bollmann(), H. Bozdog() I. M. Brancus(), C. Büttner(), A. Chilingarian(), K. Daumiller() P. Doll(), J. Engler(), F. Feßler(), H. J. Gils(), R. Glasstetter() R. Haeusler(), W. Hafemann()( ∗ ∗∗), D. Heck(), J. R. Hörandel() T. Holst(), K.-H. Kampert()(), J. Kempa(), H. O. Klages() J. Knapp(3)(∗∗ ∗ ), D. Martello(), H. J. Mathes(), P. Matussek() H. J. Mayer(), J. Milke(), D. Mühlenberg(), J. Oehlschläger() M. Petcu(), H. Rebel(), M. Risse(), M. Roth(), G. Schatz() T. Thouw(), H. Ulrich(), A. Vardanyan(), B. Vulpescu() J. H. Weber(), J. Wentz(), T. Wiegert(), J. Wochele() J. Zabierowski() and S. Zagromski()
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