Determination of the atmospheric neutrino flux and searches for new physics with AMANDA-II

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

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^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^d CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^k VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^l CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^o OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^q GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^r MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^s UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^t EPFL   (Switzerland)

^u UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^w University of Mons Hainaut ^*  (United States)

^x JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^y UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^z UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^ac STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ad PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ae UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^af UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^ah DESY   (Germany)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^ak LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 67649438962     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.79.102005     Document Type: Article

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