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Theoretical calculations are made for the latitude knee of the secondary cosmic rays. It is pointed out that there exist two latitude knees, one for the nucleonic and one for the muon component. The behaviour of the latitude knee is calculated in dependence of the particle's energy, of the atmospheric depth and of the solar activity. The results are compared with known experimental facts.
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Allkofer, O.C., Dau, W.D. Theoretical aspects on the cosmic ray latitude knee. Z. Physik 219, 234–245 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01397567
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01397567