Study of solar neutrinos with the 600 t liquid argon ICARUS detector

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 455, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 376-389

  Arneodo, F ^a   Badertscher, A ^b   Baibussinov, S ^c   Benetti, P ^d   Di Tigliole, A Borio ^e   Brunetti, R ^d   Bueno, A ^b   Calligarich, E ^d   Campanelli, M ^b   Carpanese, C ^b   Cavalli, D ^f   Cavanna, F ^g   Cennini, P ^h   Centro, S ^c   Cesana, A ^e   Chen, C ⁱ   Chen, Y ⁱ   Cline, D ^j   Mitri, I De ^a   Dolfini, R ^d   Ferrari, A ^f,h   Berzolari, A Gigli ^d   Goudsmit, P ^b   He, K ⁱ   Huang, X ⁱ   Li, Z ⁱ   Lu, F ⁱ   Ma, J ⁱ   Mannocchi, G ^k   Maris, M ^l   Mauri, F ^d   Mazza, D ^g   Mazzone, L ^d   Montanari, C ^d   Otwinowski, S ^j   Palamara, O ^a   Pascoli, D ^c   Pepato, A ^c   Periale, L ^m   Petrera, S ^g   Mortari, G Piano ^g   Piazzoli, A ^d   Picchi, P ^k   Pietropaolo, F ^c   Rappoldi, A ^d   Raselli, G L ^d   Revol, J P ^h   Rossella, M ^d   Rossi, C ^g   Rubbia, A ^b   Rubbia, C ^d,h   Sala, P ^f,h   Scannicchio, D ^d   Sergiampietri, F ⁿ   Suzuki, S ^m   Terrani, M ^e   Ventura, S ^c   Vignoli, C ^d   Wang, H ^l   Woo, J ^l   Xu, G ⁱ   Xu, Z ⁱ   Zhang, C ⁱ   Zhang, Q ⁱ   Zheng, S ⁱ   more..

^a LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^e Dipto Ingegneria Nucl Politec M   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^h CERN   (Switzerland)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^l INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^m CNR   (Italy)

ⁿ INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ABSORPTION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; LIQUEFIED GASES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OSCILLATIONS; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR NEUTRINOS;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 19244379086     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00520-9     Document Type: Article

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