Search for neutron-antineutron oscillations using multiprong events in Soudan 2

Physical Review D

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Chung, J ^e   Allison, W W M ^c   Alner, G J ^d   Ayres, D S ^a   Barrett, W L ^f   Border, P M ^b   Cobb, J H ^c   Courant, H ^b   Demuth, D M ^b   Fields, T H ^a   Gallagher, H R ^e   Goodman, M C ^a   Gran, R ^b   Joffe Minor, T ^a   Kafka, T ^e   Kasahara, S M S ^b   Litchfield, P J ^d   Mann, W A ^e   Marshak, M L ^b   Milburn, R H ^e   Miller, W H ^b   Mualem, L ^b   Napier, A ^e   Oliver, W P ^e   Pearce, G F ^d   Peterson, E A ^b   Petyt, D A ^d   Ruddick, K ^b   Sanchez, M ^e   Schneps, J ^e   Sousa, A ^e   Speakman, B ^b   Thron, J L ^a   Wakely, S P ^b   West, N ^c   more..

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CALORIMETER; COSMIC RADIATION; ENERGY; KINEMATICS; NEUTRON; OSCILLATION; PHYSICS;

EID: 14244272512     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.66.032004     Document Type: Article

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