Underground neutrino detectors for particle and astroparticle Science: The Giant Liquid Argon Charge Imaging ExpeRiment (GLACIER)

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 171, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Rubbia, André ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 68349133331     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/171/1/012020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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