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Air Showers of Size Greater than 105 Particles: (I) Core Location and Shower Size Determination

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  1. The F.B.S. Falkiner Nuclear Research and Adolph Basser Computing Laboratories, School of Physics†, University of Sydney,

    M. H. BRENNAN, D. D. MILLAR & C. S. WALLACE

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BRENNAN, M., MILLAR, D. & WALLACE, C. Air Showers of Size Greater than 105 Particles: (I) Core Location and Shower Size Determination. Nature 182, 905–911 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182905a0

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