Measurement of neutrino oscillations with the MINOS detectors in the NuMI meam

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Adamson, P ⁱ   Andreopoulos, C ^v   Arms, K E ^r   Armstrong, R ^l   Auty, D J ^z   Ayres, D S ^a   Baller, B ⁱ   Barnes, P D ^p   Barr, G ^t   Barrett, W L ^ae   Becker, B R ^r   Belias, A ^v   Bernstein, R H ⁱ   Bhattacharya, D ^u   Bishai, M ^d   Blake, A ^f   Bock, G J ⁱ   Boehm, J ^j   Boehnlein, D J ⁱ   Bogert, D ⁱ   Bower, C ^l   Buckley Geer, E ⁱ   Cavanaugh, S ^j   Chapman, J D ^f   Cherdack, D ^ac   Childress, S ⁱ   Choudhary, B C ⁱ   Cobb, J H ^t   Coleman, S J ^af   Culling, A J ^f   De Jong, J K ^k   Dierckxsens, M ^d   Diwan, M V ^d   Dorman, M ^q,v   Dytman, S A ^u   Escobar, C O ^g   Evans, J J ^q,t   Falk Harris, E ^z   Feldman, G J ^j   Frohne, M V ^c   Gallagher, H R ^ac   Godley, A ^x   Goodman, M C ^a   Gouffon, P ^w   Gran, R ^s   Grashorn, E W ^r   Grossman, N ⁱ   Grzelak, K ^t,ad   Habig, A ^s   Harris, D ⁱ   Harris, P G ^z   Hartnell, J ^v,z   Hatcher, R ⁱ   Heller, K ^r   Himmel, A ^e   Holin, A ^q   Hylen, J ⁱ   Irwin, G M ^y   Ishitsuka, M ^l   Jaffe, D E ^d   James, C ⁱ   Jensen, D ⁱ   Kafka, T ^ac   Kasahara, S M S ^r   Kim, J J ^x   Kim, M S ^u   Koizumi, G ⁱ   Kopp, S ^ab   Kordosky, M ^q,af   Koskinen, D J ^q   Kotelnikov, S K ^o   Kreymer, A ⁱ   Kumaratunga, S ^r   Lang, K ^ab   Ling, J ^x   Litchfield, P J ^r   Litchfield, R P ^t   Loiacono, L ^ab   Lucas, P ⁱ   Ma, J ^ab   Mann, W A ^ac   Marchionni, A ⁱ   Marshak, M L ^r   Marshall, J S ^f   Mayer, N ^l   McGowan, A M ^a,r   Meier, J R ^r   Merzon, G I ^o   Messier, M D ^l   Metelko, C J ^v   Michael, D G ^e   Miller, J L ⁿ   Miller, W H ^r   Mishra, S R ^x   Moore, C D ⁱ   Morfin J ⁱ   Mualem, L ^e   Mufson, S ^l   Murgia, S ^y   Musser, J ^l   Naples, D ^u   Nelson, J K ^af   Newman, H B ^e   Nichol, R J ^q   Nicholls, T C ^v   Ochoa Ricoux, J P ^e   Oliver, W P ^ac   Ospanov, R ^ab   Paley, J ^l   Paolone, V ^u   Para, A ⁱ   Patzak, T ^h   Pavlovic Z ^ab   Pawloski, G ^y   Pearce, G F ^v   Peck, C W ^e   Peterson, E A ^r   Petyt, D A ^r   Pittam, R ^t   Plunkett, R K ⁱ   Rahaman, A ^x   Rameika, R A ⁱ   Raufer, T M ^v   Rebel, B ⁱ   Reichenbacher, J ^a   Rodrigues, P A ^t   Rosenfeld, C ^x   Rubin, H A ^k   Ruddick, K ^r   Ryabov, V A ^o   Sanchez, M C ^a,j   Saoulidou, N ⁱ   Schneps, J ^ac   Schreiner, P ^c   Seun, S M ^j   Shanahan, P ⁱ   Smart, W ⁱ   Smith, C ^q   Sousa, A ^t   Speakman, B ^r   Stamoulis, P ^b   Strait, M ^r   Symes, P ^z   Tagg, N ^ac   Talaga, R L ^a   Tavera, M A ^z   Thomas, J ^q   Thompson, J ^u   Thomson, M A ^f   Thron, J L ^a   Tinti, G ^t   Trostin, I ^m   Tsarev, V A ^o   Tzanakos, G ^b   Urheim, J ^l   Vahle, P ^q,af   Viren, B ^d   Ward, C P ^f   Ward, D R ^f   Watabe, M ^aa   Weber, A ^t   Webb, R C ^aa   Wehmann, A ⁱ   West, N ^t   White, C ^k   Wojcicki, S G ^y   Wright, D M ^p   Yang, T ^y   Zois, M ^b   Zhang, K ^d   Zwaska, R ⁱ   more..

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

ⁱ FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^j HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

ⁿ JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^p LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^u UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^v RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^w UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^x UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^y STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^z UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^aa TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^ac TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^ae WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM THEORY;

MIXING ANGLE; MUON NEUTRINO; NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS; NEW RESULTS; NUMI BEAM; QUANTUM DECOHERENCE; QUANTUM MECHANICAL; STANDARD DEVIATION;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 53349146110     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.131802     Document Type: Article

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