Measurement of the μ decay spectrum with the ICARUS liquid Argon TPC

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 233-241

  Amoruso, S ^a   Antonello, M ^b   Aprili, P ^c   Arneodo, F ^c   Badertscher, A ^d   Baiboussinov, B ^e   Baldo Ceolin, M ^e   Battistoni, G ^f   Bekman, B ^g   Benetti, P ^h   Bischofberger, M ^d   Borio di Tigliole, A ^h   Brunetti, R ^h   Bruzzese, R ^a   Bueno, A ^d,i   Calligarich, E ^h   Campanelli, M ^d   Carbonara, F ^a   Carpanese, C ^d   Cavalli, D ^f   Cavanna, F ^b   Cennini, P ^j   Centro, S ^e   Cesana, A ^k   Chen, C ^l   Chen, D ^l   Chen, D B ^e   Chen, Y ^l   Cid, R ⁱ   Cieslik K ⁿ   Cline, D ^o   Cocco, A G ^a   Dai, Z ^d   de Vecchi, C ^h   Dabrowska, A ⁿ   di Cicco, A ^a   Dolfini, R ^h   Ereditato, A ^a   Felcini, M ^d   Ferella, A ^b   Ferrari, A ^f,j   Ferri, F ^b   Fiorillo, G ^a   Galli, S ^b   Garcia Gamez, D ⁱ   Ge, Y ^d   Gibin, D ^e   Gigli Berzolari, A ^h   Gil Botella, I ^d   Graczyk, K ^p   Grandi, L ^h   Guglielmi, A ^e   He, K ^l   Holeczek, J ^g   Huang, X ^l   Juszczak, C ^p   Kielczewska D ^q,r   Kisiel, J ^g   Kozlowski T ^r   Laffranchi M ^d   Lagoda, J ^q   Li, Z ^l   Lu, F ^l   Ma, J ^l   Mangano, G ^a   Mannocchi, G ^m,x   Markiewicz, M ⁿ   Martinez de la Ossa, A ⁱ   Matthey, C ^o   Mauri, F ^h   Melgarejo, A ⁱ   Menegolli, A ^h   Meng, G ^e   Messina, M ^d   Montanari, C ^h   Muraro, S ^f   Navas Concha, S ^d,i   Nowak, J ^p   Osuna, C ⁱ   Otwinowski, S ^o   Ouyang, Q ^l   Palamara, O ^c   Pascoli, D ^e   Periale, L ^s,t   Piano Mortari, G B ^b   Piazzoli, A ^h   Picchi, P ^m,s,t   Pietropaolo, F ^e   Polchlopek W ^u   Prata, M ^h   Rancati, T ^f   Rappoldi, A ^h   Raselli, G L ^h   Rico, J ^d   Rondio, E ^r   Rossella, M ^h   Rubbia, A ^d   Rubbia, C ^h   Sala, P ^d,f   Santorelli, R ^a   Scannicchio, D ^h   Segreto, E ^b   Seo, Y ^o   Sergiampietri, F ^v   Sobczyk, J ^p   Spinelli, N ^a   Stepaniak, J ^r   Sulej, R ^w   Szarska, M ⁿ   Szeptycka, M ^r   Terrani, M ^k   Velotta, R ^a   Ventura, S ^e   Vignoli, C ^h   Wang, H ^o   Wang, X ^a   Woo, J ^o   Xu, G ^l   Xu, Z ^l   Zalewska, A ⁿ   Zhang, C ^l   Zhang, Q ^l   Zhen, S ^l   Zipper, W ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^j CERN   (Switzerland)

^k POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^l INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^m INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^q UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^r SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^s IFSI   (Italy)

^t UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^u AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^v INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^w WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^x IFSI del CNR   (Germany)

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EID: 2442515566     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s2004-01597-7     Document Type: Article

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