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Astrophys. Space Sci. Trans., 6, 53-57, 2010
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20 Dec 2010
Enhancement of the Yakutsk array by atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes to study cosmic rays above 1015 eV
A. A. Ivanov, S. P. Knurenko, Z. E. Petrov, M. I. Pravdin, and I. Ye. Sleptsov
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