Measurement of the atmospheric muon charge ratio at TeV energies with the MINOS detector

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Adamson, P ^a,b   Andreopoulos, C ^c   Arms, K E ^d   Armstrong, R ^e   Auty, D J ^f   Avvakumov, S ^g   Ayres, D S ^h   Baller, B ^a   Barish, B ⁱ   Barnes, P D ^j   Barr, G ^k   Barrett, W L ^l   Beall, E ^d,h,ah   Becker, B R ^d   Belias, A ^c   Bergfeld, T ^m,ai   Bernstein, R H ^a   Bhattacharya, D ⁿ   Bishai, M ^o   Blake, A ^p   Bock, B ^q   Bock, G J ^a   Boehm, J ^r   Boehnlein, D J ^a   Bogert, D ^a   Border, P M ^d   Bower, C ^e   Buckley Geer, E ^a   Bungau, C ^f   Cabrera, A ^k,ad   Chapman, J D ^p   Cherdack, D ^s   Childress, S ^a   Choudhary, B C ^a,aj   Cobb, J H ^k   Culling, A J ^p   De Jong, J K ^t   De Santo, A ^k,ak   Dierckxsens, M ^o   Diwan, M V ^o   Dorman, M ^b,c   Drakoulakos, D ^u   Durkin, T ^c   Erwin, A R ^v   Escobar, C O ^w   Evans, J J ^k   Harris, E Falk ^f   Feldman, G J ^r   Fields, T H ^h   Ford, R ^a   Frohne, M V ^x,al   Gallagher, H R ^s   Giurgiu, G A ^h   Godley, A ^m   Gogos, J ^d   Goodman, M C ^h   Gouffon, P ^y   Gran, R ^q   Grashorn, E W ^d,q   Grossman, N ^a   Grzelak, K ^k   Habig, A ^q   Harris, D ^a   Harris, P G ^f   Hartnell, J ^c   Hartouni, E P ^j   Hatcher, R ^a   Heller, K ^d   Holin, A ^b   Howcroft, C ⁱ   Hylen, J ^a   Indurthy, D ^z   Irwin, G M ^g   Ishitsuka, M ^e   Jaffe, D E ^o   James, C ^a   Jenner, L ^b   Jensen, D ^a   Joffe Minor, T ^h   Kafka, T ^s   Kang, H J ^g   Kasahara, S M S ^d   Kim, M S ⁿ   Koizumi, G ^a   Kopp, S ^z   Kordosky, M ^b   Koskinen, D J ^b   Kotelnikov, S K ^aa   Kreymer, A ^a   Kumaratunga, S ^d   Lang, K ^z   Lebedev, A ^r   Lee, R ^r,am   Ling, J ^m   Liu, J ^z   Litchfield, P J ^d   Litchfield, R P ^k   Lucas, P ^a   Mann, W A ^s   Marchionni, A ^a   Marino, A D ^a   Marshak, M L ^d   Marshall, J S ^p   Mayer, N ^q   McGowan, A M ^d,h   Meier, J R ^d   Merzon, G I ^aa   Messier, M D ^e   Michael, D G ⁱ   Milburn, R H ^s   Miller, J L ^ab   Miller, W H ^d   Mishra, S R ^m   Mislivec, A ^q   Miyagawa, P S ^k   Moore, C D ^a   Morfin J ^a   Mualem, L ^d   Mufson, S ^e   Murgia, S ^g   Musser, J ^e   Naples, D ⁿ   Nelson, J K ^ac   Newman, H B ⁱ   Nichol, R J ^b   Nicholls, T C ^c   Ochoa Ricoux, J P ⁱ   Oliver, W P ^s   Osiecki, T ^z   Ospanov, R ^z   Paley, J ^e   Paolone, V ⁿ   Para, A ^a   Patzak, T ^ad   Pavlovic Z ^z   Pearce, G F ^c   Peck, C W ⁱ   Peterson, E A ^d   Petyt, D A ^d   Ping, H ^v   Piteira, R ^ad   Pittam, R ^k   Plunkett, R K ^a   Rahman, D ^d   Rameika, R A ^a   Raufer, T M ^k   Rebel, B ^a   Reichenbacher, J ^h   Reyna, D E ^h   Rosenfeld, C ^m   Rubin, H A ^t   Ruddick, K ^d   Ryabov, V A ^aa   Saakyan, R ^b   Sanchez, M C ^r   Saoulidou, N ^a   Schneps, J ^s   Schreiner, P ^x   Semenov, V K ^ae   Seun, S M ^r   Shanahan, P ^a   Smart, W ^a   Smirnitsky, V ^af   Smith, C ^b,f   Sousa, A ^k,s   Speakman, B ^d   Stamoulis, P ^u   Symes, P A ^f   Tagg, N ^k,s   Talaga, R L ^h   Tetteh Lartey, E ^ag   Thomas, J ^b   Thompson, J ⁿ   Thomson, M A ^p   Thron, J L ^h,an   Tinti, G ^k   Trostin, I ^af   Tsarev, V A ^aa   Tzanakos, G ^u   Urheim, J ^e   Vahle, P ^b   Velissaris, C ^v   Verebryusov, V ^af   Viren, B ^o   Ward, C P ^p   Ward, D R ^p   Watabe, M ^ag   Weber, A ^c,k   Webb, R C ^ag   Wehmann, A ^a   West, N ^k   White, C ^t   Wojcicki, S G ^g   Wright, D M ^j   Wu, Q K ^m   Yang, T ^g   Yumiceva, F X ^ac   Zheng, H ⁱ   Zois, M ^u   Zwaska, R ^a   more..

^a FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^l WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^o BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^r HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^v University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^x BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^z UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^aa LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^ab JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ac The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^ad l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^ae INSTITUTE FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^af INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^ag TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ah LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^ai GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^al Holy Cross College   (United States)

^am MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^an LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 34748877869     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.76.052003     Document Type: Article

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