Determination of a time-shift in the OPERA set-up using high-energy horizontal muons in the LVD and OPERA detectors

European Physical Journal Plus

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Agafonova, N Yu ^a   Antonioli, P ^b   Ashikhmin, V V ^a   Bari, G ^b   Bressan, E ^b   Evans, L ^c   Garbini, M ^b,f   Giusti, P ^b   Malguin, A S ^a   Persiani, R ^b,f   Ryasny, V G ^a   Ryazhskaya, O G ^a   Sartorelli, G ^b,f   Scapparone, E ^b   Selvi, M ^b   Shakirianova, I R ^a   Votano, L ^d,e   Wenniger, H ^c   Yakushev, V F ^a   Zichichi, A ^b,c,f   Agafonova, N ^a   Alexandrov, A ^g   Bertolin, A ^h   Brugnera, R ^h,i   Buttner B ^j   Chiarella, V ^d   Chukanov, A ^k   D'Ambrosio, N ^e   De Lellis, G ^g,l   Di Crescenzo, A ^g,l   Di Ferdinando, D ^b   Marco, N Di ^e   Dmitrievsky, S ^k   Dracos, M ^m   Dusini, S ^h   Ebert, J ^j   Ereditato, A ⁿ   Ferber, T ^j   Fini, R A ^o   Garfagnini, A ^h,i   Giacomelli, G ^b,f   Gollnitz C ^j   Gornushkin, Y ^k   Grianti, F ^p   Gustavino, C ^u   Hagner, C ^j   Hierholzer, M ^j   Hollnagel, A ^j   Jakovcic, K ^q   Jollet, C ^m   Klicek, B ^q   Kose, U ^h   Lenkeit, J ^j   Ljubicic, A ^q   Longhin, A ^d   Malgin, A ^a   Mandrioli, G ^b   Matveev, V ^a   Mauri, N ^d   Medinaceli, E ^h,i   Meregaglia, A ^m   Muciaccia, M T ^o,s   Naumov, D ^k   Olshevsky, A ^k   Paoloni, A ^d   Pastore, A ^o   Patrizii, L ^b   Pozzato, M ^b,f   Pupilli, F ^e   Rosa, G ^t,u   Rostovtseva, I ^v   Russo, A ^g   Ryazhskaya, O ^a   Schembri, A ^e   Shakirianova, I ^a   Sheshukov, A ^g   Simone, S ^o,s   Sioli, M ^b,f   Sirignano, C ^h,i   Sirri, G ^b   Spinetti, M ^d   Stanco, L ^h   Stipcevic, M ^q   Tenti, M ^b,f   Terranova, F ^d,r   Tioukov, V ^g   Wonsak, B ^j   Yakushev, V ^a   Zaitsev, Y ^v   Zemskova, S ^k   more..

^a INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^e LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^h SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^k JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^m INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

ⁿ LHEP   (Switzerland)

^o INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^q IRB   (Croatia)

^r INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^t SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^u INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

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

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EID: 84863614126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21905444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2012-12071-5     Document Type: Article

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