The magnetized steel and scintillator calorimeters of the MINOS experiment

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

Volumn 596, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 190-228

  Michael, D G ^e   Adamson, P ^k,u,ad   Alexopoulos, T ^ak   Allison, W W M ^x   Alner, G J ^z   Anderson, K ^k   Andreopoulos, C ^b,z   Andrews, M ^k   Andrews, R ^k   Arroyo, C ^ac   Avvakumov, S ^ac   Ayres, D S ^a   Baller, B ^k   Barish, B ^e   Barker, M A ^x   Barnes Jr , P D ^t   Barr, G ^x   Barrett, W L ^ah   Beall, E ^a,v   Bechtol, K ^ai   Becker, B R ^v   Belias, A ^z   Bergfeld, T ^ab   Bernstein, R H ^k   Bhattacharya, D ^y   Bishai, M ^d   Blake, A ^f   Bocean, V ^k   Bock, B ^w   Bock, G J ^k   Boehm, J ^l   Boehnlein, D J ^k   Bogert, D ^k   Border, P M ^v   Bower, C ⁿ   Boyd, S ^y   Buckley Geer, E ^k   Byon Wagner, A ^k   Cabrera, A ^x   Chapman, J D ^f   Chase, T R ^v   Chernichenko, S K ^o   Childress, S ^k   Choudhary, B C ^e,k   Cobb, J H ^x   Coleman, S J ^ai   Cossairt, J D ^k   Courant, H ^v   Crane, D A ^a   Culling, A J ^f   Damiani, D ^ai   Dawson, J W ^a   de Jong, J K ^m   DeMuth, D M ^v   De Santo, A ^x   Dierckxsens, M ^d   Diwan, M V ^d   Dorman, M ^u,z   Drake, G ^a   Ducar, R ^k   Durkin, T ^z   Erwin, A R ^ak   Escobar, C O ^g   Evans, J J ^u,x   Fackler, O D ^t   Falk Harris, E ^ad   Feldman, G J ^l   Felt, N ^l   Fields, T H ^a   Ford, R ^k   Frohne, M V ^c   Gallagher, H R ^a,v,x,ag   Gebhard, M ⁿ   Godley, A ^ab   Gogos, J ^v   Goodman, M C ^a   Gornushkin, Yu ^r   Gouffon, P ^aa   Grashorn, E W ^v,w   Grossman, N ^k   Grudzinski, J J ^a   Grzelak, K ^k,aj   Guarino, V ^a   Habig, A ^w   Halsall, R ^z   Hanson, J ^e   Harris, D ^k   Harris, P G ^ad   Hartnell, J ^x,z,ad   Hartouni, E P ^t   Hatcher, R ^k   Heller, K ^v   Hill, N ^a   Ho, Y ^j   Howcroft, C ^e,f   Hylen, J ^k   Ignatenko, M ^r   Indurthy, D ^af   Irwin, G M ^ac   James, C ^k   Jenner, L ^u   Jensen, D ^k   Joffe Minor, T ^a   Kafka, T ^ag   Kang, H J ^ac   Kasahara, S M S ^v   Kilmer, J ^k   Kim, H ^e   Kim, M S ^y   Koizumi, G ^k   Kopp, S ^af   Kordosky, M ^u,af,ai   Koskinen, D J ^u,w   Kostin, M ^af   Kotelnikov, S K ^s   Krakauer, D A ^a   Kumaratunga, S ^v   Ladran, A S ^t   Lang, K ^af   Laughton, C ^k   Lebedev, A ^l   Lee, R ^l   Lee, W Y ^j   Libkind, M A ^t   Liu, J ^af   Litchfield, P J ^v,z   Litchfield, R P ^x   Longley, N P ^v   Lucas, P ^k   Luebke, W ^m   Madani, S ^z   Maher, E ^v   Makeev, V ^k,o   Mann, W A ^ag   Marchionni, A ^k   Marino, A D ^k   Marshak, M L ^v   Marshall, J S ^f   McDonald, J ^y   McGowan, A M ^a,v   Meier, J R ^v   Merzon, G I ^s   Messier, M D ^l,n   Milburn, R H ^ag   Miller, J L ^n,q   Miller, W H ^v   Mishra, S R ^l,ab   Miyagawa, P S ^x   Moore, C D ^k   Morfin J ^k   Morse, R ^ad   Mualem, L ^e,v   Mufson, S ⁿ   Murgia, S ^ac   Murtagh, M J ^d   Musser, J ⁿ   Naples, D ^y   Nelson, C ^k   Nelson, J K ^k,v,ai   Newman, H B ^e   Nezrick, F ^k   Nichol, R J ^u   Nicholls, T C ^z   Ochoa Ricoux, J P ^e   Oliver, J ^l   Oliver, W P ^ag   Onuchin, V A ^o   Osiecki, T ^af   Ospanov, R ^af   Paley, J ⁿ   Paolone, V ^y   Para, A ^k   Patzak, T ^i,ag   Pavlović, Ž ^af   Pearce, G F ^z   Pearson, N ^v   Peck, C W ^e   Perry, C ^x   Peterson, E A ^v   Petyt, D A ^v,x,z   Ping, H ^ak   Piteira, R ⁱ   Pla Dalmau, A ^k   Plunkett, R K ^k   Price, L E ^a   Proga, M ^af   Pushka, D R ^k   Rahman, D ^v   Rameika, R A ^k   Raufer, T M ^x,z   Read, A L ^k   Rebel, B ^k,n   Reyna, D E ^a   Rosenfeld, C ^ab   Rubin, H A ^m   Ruddick, K ^v   Ryabov, V A ^s   Saakyan, R ^u   Sanchez, M C ^a,l,ag   Saoulidou, N ^b,k   Schneps, J ^ag   Schoessow, P V ^a   Schreiner, P ^c   Schwienhorst, R ^v   Semenov, V K ^o   Seun, S M ^l   Shanahan, P ^k   Shield, P D ^x   Shivane, R ^v   Smart, W ^k   Smirnitsky, V ^p   Smith, C ^e,u,ad   Smith, P N ^ad   Sousa, A ^x,ag   Speakman, B ^v   Stamoulis, P ^b   Stefanik, A ^k   Sullivan, P ^x   Swan, J M ^t   Symes, P A ^ad   Tagg, N ^x,ag   Talaga, R L ^a   Terekhov, A ^s   Tetteh Lartey, E ^ae   Thomas, J ^k,u,x   Thompson, J ^y   Thomson, M A ^f   Thron, J L ^a   Trendler, R ^k   Trevor, J ^e   Trostin, I ^p   Tsarev, V A ^s   Tzanakos, G ^b   Urheim, J ^n,v   Vahle, P ^u,af,ai   Vakili, M ^ae   Vaziri, K ^k   Velissaris, C ^ak   Verebryusov, V ^p   Viren, B ^d   Wai, L ^ac   Ward, C P ^f   Ward, D R ^f   Watabe, M ^ae   Weber, A ^x,z   Webb, R C ^ae   Wehmann, A ^k   West, N ^x   White, C ^m   White, R F ^ad   Wojcicki, S G ^ac   Wright, D M ^t   Wu, Q K ^ab   Yan, W G ^h   Yang, T ^ac   Yumiceva, F X ^ai   Yun, J C ^k   Zheng, H ^e   Zois, M ^b   Zwaska, R ^k,af   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 INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^j Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^k FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^l HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁿ INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o INSTITUTE FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

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

^q JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^s LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^t LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^v UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^y UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^z RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^ac STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^ae TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^af UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^ag TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ah WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ai William and Mary   (United States)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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Author keywords

Calorimeters: tracking; Detectors: neutrino; Detectors: scintillator; Extruded plastic scintillator

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; NEUTRONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

CALORIMETERS: TRACKING; DETECTORS: NEUTRINO; DETECTORS: SCINTILLATOR; EXTRUDED PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR; LONG-BASELINE EXPERIMENTS; OSCILLATION PARAMETERS; PRECISION MEASUREMENT; UNDERGROUND LABORATORY;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 54049120149     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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