The spectrum of high-energy cosmic rays measured with KASCADE-Grande

@article{Apel2012TheSO,
  title={The spectrum of high-energy cosmic rays measured with KASCADE-Grande},
  author={The KASCADE-Grande Collaboration W. D. Apel and Juan Carlos Arteaga-Vel{\'a}zquez and K. Bekk and Mario Edoardo Bertaina and Johannes Bluemer and H. Bozdog and I. Brancus and Peter Buchholz and Elena Cantoni and Andrea Chiavassa and Fabiana Cossavella and Kai Daumiller and Vitor de Souza and Francesco di Pierro and P. Doll and Ralph Engel and Joachim Engler and Marcelo Finger and Daniel R. Fuhrmann and Piera Luisa Ghia and H. J. Gils and R. Glasstetter and Claus Grupen and Andreas Haungs and D. Heck and Joerg Rudolf Hoerandel and Daniel Huber and T. Huege and K-H. Kampert and D. Kang and D. Kickelbick and H. Klages and Katrin Link and P. Luczak and Marianne Ludwig and H. J. Mathes and Helmut J. Mayer and Maximilien Melissas and James A. Milke and Bogdan Mitrica and Carlo Morello and Gianni Navarra and J. Oehlschlaeger and S. Ostapchenko and S. Over and N. Palmieri and Mihai Petcu and Tanguy Pierog and Heinigerd Rebel and Markus Roth and Harald Schieler and Frank G. Schroeder and Octavian Sima and G. Toma and G. C. Trinchero and H. Ulrich and Andreas Weindl and J{\"u}rgen Wochele and Michael Wommer and Janusz Zabierowski},
  journal={Astroparticle Physics},
  year={2012},
  volume={36},
  pages={183-194}
}
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