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Measurement of high momentum muons far from the core of a cosmic ray shower is a basis for estimating the mass of the primary particle.
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ORFORD, K., TURVER, K. Mass Composition of Primary Cosmic Rays at Energies above 108 GeV. Nature 219, 706–708 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/219706a0
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