GPS-based CERN-LNGS time link for Borexino

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Caccianiga, B ^a   Cavalcante, P ^b   Cerretto, G ^c   Esteban, H ^d   Korga, G ^e,f   Misiaszek, M ^g   Orsini, M ^b   Pallavicini, M ^h   Pettiti, V ^c   Plantard, C ^c   Razetob, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

^d Time Department   (Spain)

^e University of Houston   (United States)

^f WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^g JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Liquid detectors; Timing detectors

Indexed keywords

LIQUID DETECTORS; MUON NEUTRINO; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; TIMING DETECTORS;

EID: 84866338427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/7/08/P08028     Document Type: Article

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