Direct Evidence for Neutrino Flavor Transformation from Neutral-Current Interactions in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Ahmad, Q R ^q   Allen, R C ^d   Andersen, T C ^f   D Anglin, J ^j   Barton, J C ^k   Beier, E W ^l   Bercovitch, M ^j   Bigu, J ^g   Biller, S D ^k   Black, R A ^k   Blevis, I ^e   Boardman, R J ^k   Boger, J ^c   Bonvin, E ⁿ   Boulay, M G ^i,n   Bowler, M G ^k   Bowles, T J ⁱ   Brice, S J ^i,k   Browne, M C ^i,q   Bullard, T V ^q   Buhler G ^d   Cameron, J ^k   Chan, Y D ^h   Chen, H H ^d   Chen, M ⁿ   Chen, X ^h,k   Cleveland, B T ^k   Clifford, E T H ⁿ   Cowan, J H M ^g   Cowen, D F ^l   Cox, G A ^q   Dai, X ^k   Dalnoki Veress, F ^e   Davidson, W F ^j   Doe, P J ^d,i,q   Doucas, G ^k   Dragowsky, M R ^h,i   Duba, C A ^q   Duncan, F A ⁿ   Dunford, M ^l   Dunmore, J A ^k   Earle, E D ^a,n   Elliott, S R ^i,q   Evans, H C ⁿ   Ewan, G T ⁿ   Farine, J ^e,g   Fergani, H ^k   Ferraris, A P ^k   Ford, R J ⁿ   Formaggio, J A ^q   Fowler, M M ⁱ   Frame, K ^k   Frank, E D ^l   Frati, W ^l   Gagnon, N ^h,i,k,q   Germani, J V ^q   Gil, S ^b   Graham, K ⁿ   Grant, D R ^e   Hahn, R L ^c   Hallin, A L ⁿ   Hallman, E D ^g   Hamer, A S ^i,n   Hamian, A A ^q   Handler, W B ⁿ   Haq, R U ^g   Hargrove, C K ^e   Harvey, P J ⁿ   Hazama, R ^q   Heeger, K M ^q   Heintzelman, W J ^l   Heise, J ^b,i   Helmer, R L ^b,p   Hepburn, J D ⁿ   Heron, H ^k   Hewett, J ^g   Hime, A ⁱ   Howe, M ^q   Hykawy, J G ^g   Isaac, M C P ^h   Jagam, P ^f   Jelley, N A ^k   Jillings, C ⁿ   Jonkmans, G ^a,g   Kazkaz, K ^q   Keener, P T ^l   Klein, J R ^l   Knox, A B ^k   Komar, R J ^b   Kouzes, R ^m   Kutter, T ^b   Kyba, C C M ^l   Law, J ^f   Lawson, I T ^f   Lay, M ^k   Lee, H W ⁿ   Lesko, K T ^h   Leslie, J R ⁿ   Levine, I ^e   Locke, W ^k   Luoma, S ^g   Lyon, J ^k   Majerus, S ^k   Mak, H B ⁿ   Maneira, J ⁿ   Manor, J ^q   Marino, A D ^h   McCauley, N ^k,l   McDonald, A B ^m,n   McDonald, D S ^l   McFarlane, K ^e   McGregor, G ^k   Meijer Drees, R ^q   Mifflin, C ^e   Miller, G G ⁱ   Milton, G ^a   Moffat, B A ⁿ   Moorhead, M ^k   Nally, C W ^b   Neubauer, M S ^l   Newcomer, F M ^l   Ng, H S ^b   Noble, A J ^e,p   Norman, E B ^h   Novikov, V M ^e   O'Neill, M ^e   Okada, C E ^h   Ollerhead, R W ^f   Omori, M ^k   Orrell, J L ^q   Oser, S M ^l   Poon, A W P ^b,h,i,q   Radcliffe, T J ⁿ   Roberge, A ^g   Robertson, B C ⁿ   Robertson, R G H ^i,q   Rosendahl, S S E ^h   Rowley, J K ^c   Rusu, V L ^l   Saettler, E ^g   Schaffer, K K ^q   Schwendener, M H ^g   Schulke A ^h   Seifert, H ^g,i,q   Shatkay, M ^e   Simpson, J J ^f   Sims, C J ^k   Sinclair, D ^e,p   Skensved, P ⁿ   Smith, A R ^h   Smith, M W E ^q   Spreitzer, T ^l   Starinsky, N ^e   Steiger, T D ^q   Stokstad, R G ^h   Stonehill, L C ^q   Storey, R S ^j   Sur, B ^a,n   Tafirout, R ^g   Tagg, N ^f,k   Tanner, N W ^k   Taplin, R K ^k   Thorman, M ^k   Thornewell, P M ^k   Trent, P T ^k   Tserkovnyak, Y I ^b   Van Berg, R ^l   Van de Water, R G ^i,l   Virtue, C J ^g   Waltham, C E ^b   Wang, J X ^f   Wark, D L ^i,k,o   West, N ^k   Wilhelmy, J B ⁱ   Wilkerson, J F ^i,q   Wilson, J R ^k   Wittich, P ^l   Wouters, J M ⁱ   Yeh, M ^c   more..

^a CANADIAN NUCLEAR LABORATORIES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^g LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^m PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^o RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^p TRIUMF   (Canada)

^q UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR FLUX; SOLAR NEUTRINOS;

ASSAYS; CERENKOV COUNTERS; DEUTERIUM; ELECTRONS; HEAVY WATER; IONS; KINETIC ENERGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIUM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THORIUM; URANIUM;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 0037871515     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.011301     Document Type: Article

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