Cosmogenic C11 production and sensitivity of organic scintillator detectors to pep and CNO neutrinos

Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Galbiati, Cristiano ^a,b,c,d,e   Pocar, Andrea ^a,b,c,d,e   Franco, Davide ^b,c,d,e   Ianni, Aldo ^c,d,e   Cadonati, Laura ^d,e   Schönert, Stefan ^e  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

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EID: 27144529380     PISSN: 05562813     EISSN: 1089490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.71.055805     Document Type: Article

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