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The Elusive p-air Cross Section
Martin BlockNorthwestern University
1) Sifting data in the real world
2) Obtaining the p-air cross section from accelerator data
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B, GeV-2
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AGASA Air Shower Data
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The The publishedpublished cosmic ray data cosmic ray data (the Diamond and Triangles) (the Diamond and Triangles) are the problemare the problem
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