Search for a diffuse flux of astrophysical muon neutrinos with the IceCube 40-string detector

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Abbasi, R ^aa   Abdou, Y ^u   Abu Zayyad, T ^af   Adams, J ^p   Aguilar, J A ^aa   Ahlers, M ^ae   Altmann, D ^a   Andeen, K ^aa   Auffenberg, J ^aj   Bai, X ^ad   Baker, M ^aa   Barwick, S W ^w   Bay, R ^g   Bazo Alba, J L ^ak   Beattie, K ^h   Beatty, J J ^r   Bechet, S ^m   Becker, J K ^j   Becker, K H ^aj   Benabderrahmane, M L ^ak   Benzvi, S ^aa   Berdermann, J ^ak   Berghaus, P ^ad   Berley, D ^q   Bernardini, E ^ak   Bertrand, D ^m   Besson, D Z ^y   Bindig, D ^aj   Bissok, M ^a   Blaufuss, E ^q   Blumenthal, J ^a   Boersma, D J ^a   Bohm, C ^ag   Bose, D ⁿ   Boser S ^k   Botner, O ^ai   Brown, A M ^p   Buitink, S ^h   Caballero Mora, K S ^ah   Carson, M ^u   Chirkin, D ^aa   Christy, B ^q   Clem, J ^ad   Clevermann, F ^s   Cohen, S ^x   Colnard, C ^v   Cowen, D F ^ah   D'Agostino, M V ^g   Danninger, M ^ag   Daughhetee, J ^e   Davis, J C ^r   De Clercq, C ⁿ   Demirors L ^x   Denger, T ^k   Depaepe, O ⁿ   Descamps, F ^u   Desiati, P ^aa   De Vries Uiterweerd, G ^u   Deyoung, T ^ah   Diaz Velez J C ^aa   Dierckxsens, M ^m   Dreyer, J ^j   Dumm, J P ^aa   Ehrlich, R ^q   Eisch, J ^aa   Ellsworth, R W ^q   Engdegard O ^ai   Euler, S ^a   Evenson, P A ^ad   Fadiran, O ^d   Fazely, A R ^f   Fedynitch, A ^j   Feintzeig, J ^aa   Feusels, T ^u   Filimonov, K ^g   Finley, C ^ag   Fischer Wasels, T ^aj   Foerster, M M ^ah   Fox, B D ^ah   Franckowiak, A ^k   Franke, R ^ak   Gaisser, T K ^ad   Gallagher, J ^z   Gerhardt, L ^g,h   Gladstone, L ^aa   Glusenkamp T ^a   Goldschmidt, A ^h   Goodman, J A ^q   Gora, D ^ak   Grant, D ^t   Griesel, T ^ab   Gross A ^p,v   Grullon, S ^aa   Gurtner, M ^aj   Ha, C ^ah   Hajismail, A ^u   Hallgren, A ^ai   Halzen, F ^aa   Han, K ^ak   Hanson, K ^m,aa   Heinen, D ^a   Helbing, K ^aj   Herquet, P ^ac   Hickford, S ^p   Hill, G C ^aa   Hoffman, K D ^q   Homeier, A ^k   Hoshina, K ^aa   Hubert, D ⁿ   Huelsnitz, W ^q   Hulss J P ^a   Hulth, P O ^ag   Hultqvist, K ^ag   Hussain, S ^ad   Ishihara, A ^o   Jacobsen, J ^aa   Japaridze, G S ^d   Johansson, H ^ag   Joseph, J M ^h   Kampert, K H ^aj   Kappes, A ⁱ   Karg, T ^aj   Karle, A ^aa   Kenny, P ^y   Kiryluk, J ^g,h   Kislat, F ^ak   Klein, S R ^g,h   Kohne J H ^s   Kohnen, G ^ac   Kolanoski, H ⁱ   Kopke L ^ab   Kopper, S ^aj   Koskinen, D J ^ah   Kowalski, M ^k   Kowarik, T ^ab   Krasberg, M ^aa   Krings, T ^a   Kroll, G ^ab   Kurahashi, N ^aa   Kuwabara, T ^ad   Labare, M ⁿ   Lafebre, S ^ah   Laihem, K ^a   Landsman, H ^aa   Larson, M J ^ah   Lauer, R ^ak   Lunemann J ^ab   Madsen, J ^af   Majumdar, P ^ak   Marotta, A ^m   Maruyama, R ^aa   Mase, K ^o   Matis, H S ^h   Meagher, K ^q   Merck, M ^aa   Meszaros P ^ah   Meures, T ^m   Middell, E ^ak   Milke, N ^s   Miller, J ^ai   Montaruli, T ^aa,al   Morse, R ^aa   Movit, S M ^ah   Nahnhauer, R ^ak   Nam, J W ^w   Naumann, U ^aj   Niessen P ^ad   Nygren, D R ^h   Odrowski, S ^v   Olivas, A ^q   Olivo, M ^j   O'Murchadha, A ^aa   Ono, M ^o   Panknin, S ^k   Paul, L ^a   Perez De Los Heros C ^ai   Petrovic, J ^m   Piegsa, A ^ab   Pieloth, D ^s   Porrata, R ^g   Posselt, J ^aj   Price, P B ^g   Przybylski, G T ^h   Rawlins, K ^c   Redl, P ^q   Resconi, E ^v   Rhode, W ^s   Ribordy, M ^x   Rizzo, A ⁿ   Rodrigues, J P ^aa   Roth, P ^q   Rothmaier, F ^ab   Rott, C ^r   Ruhe, T ^s   Rutledge, D ^ah   Ruzybayev, B ^ad   Ryckbosch, D ^u   Sander, H G ^ab   Santander, M ^aa   Sarkar, S ^ae   Schatto, K ^ab   Schmidt, T ^q   Schonwald A ^ak   Schukraft, A ^a   Schultes, A ^aj   Schulz, O ^v   Schunck, M ^a   Seckel, D ^ad   Semburg, B ^aj   Seo, S H ^ag   Sestayo, Y ^v   Seunarine, S ^l   Silvestri, A ^w   Slipak, A ^ah   Spiczak, G M ^af   Spiering, C ^ak   Stamatikos, M ^r,am   Stanev, T ^ad   Stephens, G ^ah   Stezelberger, T ^h   Stokstad, R G ^h   Stossl A ^ak   Stoyanov, S ^ad   Strahler, E A ⁿ   Straszheim, T ^q   Stur M ^k   Sullivan, G W ^q   Swillens, Q ^m   Taavola, H ^ai   Taboada, I ^e   Tamburro, A ^af   Tepe, A ^e   Ter Antonyan, S ^f   Tilav, S ^ad   Toale, P A ^b   Toscano, S ^aa   Tosi, D ^ak   Turcan D ^q   Van Eijndhoven, N ⁿ   Vandenbroucke, J ^g   Van Overloop, A ^u   Van Santen, J ^aa   Vehring, M ^a   Voge, M ^k   Walck, C ^ag   Waldenmaier, T ⁱ   Wallraff, M ^a   Walter, M ^ak   Weaver, Ch ^aa   Wendt, C ^aa   Westerhoff, S ^aa   Whitehorn, N ^aa   Wiebe, K ^ab   Wiebusch, C H ^a   Williams, D R ^b   Wischnewski, R ^ak   Wissing, H ^q   Wolf, M ^v   Wood, T R ^t   Woschnagg, K ^g   Xu, C ^ad   Xu, X W ^f   Yodh, G ^w   Yoshida, S ^o   Zarzhitsky, P ^b   Zoll, M ^ag   more..

^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 RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^m UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

ⁿ VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^o CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^r OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^u GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^v MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^w UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^x EPFL   (Switzerland)

^y UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^z UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^aa Université de Mons ^*  (United States)

^ab JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^af UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^ag STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ah PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ai UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^ak DESY   (Germany)

^al INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^am NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 80555143773     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.082001     Document Type: Article

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