Measurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Adam, T ^a   Agafonova, N ^b   Aleksandrov, A ^c,r   Altinok, O ^d   Sanchez, P Alvarez ^e   Anokhina, A ^f   Aoki, S ^g   Ariga, A ^h   Ariga, T ^h   Autiero, D ⁱ   Badertscher, A ^j   Dhahbi, A Ben ^h   Bertolin, A ^k   Bozza, C ^l   Brugiere T ⁱ   Brugnera, R ^k,m   Brunet, F ⁿ   Brunetti, G ^i,o   Buontempo, S ^c   Carlus, B ⁱ   Cavanna, F ^q   Cazes, A ⁱ   Chaussard, L ⁱ   Chernyavsky, M ^r   Chiarella, V ^s   Chukanov, A ^t   Colosimo, G ^u   Crespi, M ^u   D'Ambrosio, N ^v   De Lellis, G ^c,w   De Serio, M ^x   Declais Y ⁱ   Del Amo Sanchez, P ⁿ   Di Capua, F ^c   Di Crescenzo, A ^c,w   Di Ferdinando, D ^p   Di Marco, N ^v   Dmitrievsky, S ^t   Dracos, M ^a   Duchesneau, D ⁿ   Dusini, S ^k   Dzhatdoev, T ^f   Ebert, J ^y   Efthymiopoulos, I ^e   Egorov, O ^z   Ereditato, A ^h   Esposito, L S ^j   Favier, J ⁿ   Ferber, T ^y   Fini, R A ^x   Fukuda, T ^aa   Garfagnini, A ^k,m   Giacomelli, G ^o,p   Giorgini, M ^o,p,ap   Giovannozzi, M ^e   Girerd, C ⁱ   Goldberg, J ^ab   Gollnitz C ^y   Golubkov, D ^z   Goncharova, L ^r   Gornushkin, Y ^t   Grella, G ^l   Grianti, F ^s,ac   Gschwendtner, E ^e   Guerin, C ⁱ   Guler, A M ^d   Gustavino, C ^ad   Hagner, C ^y   Hamada, K ^ae   Hara, T ^g   Enikeev, R ^b   Hierholzer, M ^h,y   Hollnagel, A ^y   Ieva, M ^x   Ishida, H ^aa   Ishiguro, K ^ae   Jakovcic, K ^af   Jollet, C ^a   Jones, M ^e   Juget, F ^h   Kamiscioglu, M ^d   Kawada, J ^h   Kim, S H ^ag,aq   Kimura, M ^ak   Kiritsis, E ^ah   Kitagawa, N ^ae   Klicek, B ^af   Knuesel, J ^h   Kodama, K ^ai   Komatsu, M ^ae   Kose, U ^k   Kreslo, I ^h   Lazzaro, C ^j   Lenkeit, J ^y   Ljubicic, A ^af   Longhin, A ^s   Malgin, A ^b   Mandrioli, G ^p   Marteau, J ⁱ   Matsuo, T ^aa   Matveev, V ^b   Mauri, N ^s   Mazzoni, A ^u   Medinaceli, E ^k,m   Meisel, F ^h   Meregaglia, A ^a   Migliozzi, P ^c   Mikado, S ^aa   Missiaen, D ^e   Monacelli, P ^q   Morishima, K ^ae   Moser, U ^h   Muciaccia, M T ^y,aj   Naganawa, N ^ae   Naka, T ^ae   Nakamura, M ^ae   Nakano, T ^ae   Nakatsuka, Y ^ae   Naumov, D ^t   Nikitina, V ^f   Nitti, F ^ak   Ogawa, S ^aa   Okateva, N ^r   Olchevsky, A ^t   Palamara, O ^v   Paoloni, A ^s   Park, B D ^ag,ar   Park, I G ^ag   Pastore, A ^x,aj   Patrizii, L ^p   Pennacchio, E ⁱ   Pessard, H ⁿ   Pistillo, C ^h   Polukhina, N ^r   Pozzato, M ^o,p   Pretzl, K ^h   Pupilli, F ^v   Rescigno, R ^l   Riguzzi, F ^al   Roganova, T ^f   Rokujo, H ^g   Rosa, G ^u,ad   Rostovtseva, I ^z   Rubbia, A ^j   Russo, A ^c   Ryasny, V ^b   Ryazhskaya, O ^b   Sato, O ^ae   Sato, Y ^am   Sahnoun, Z ^p,as   Schembri, A ^v   Schuler, J ^a   Lavina, L Scotto ^h,at   Serrano, J ^e   Shakiryanova, I ^b   Sheshukov, A ^t   Shibuya, H ^aa   Shoziyoev, G ^f   Simone, S ^x,aj   Sioli, M ^o,p   Sirignano, C ^k,m   Sirri, G ^p   Song, J S ^ag   Spinetti, M ^s   Stanco, L ^k   Starkov, N ^r   Stellacci, S ^l   Stipcevic, M ^af   Strauss, T ^h   Takahashi, S ^g   Tenti, M ^i,o,p   Terranova, F ^s,an   Tezuka, I ^am   Tioukov, V ^c   Tolun, P ^d   Tran, N T ⁱ   Tufanli, S ^h   Vilain, P ^ao   Vladimirov, M ^r   Votano, L ^s   Vuilleumier, J L ^h   Wilquet, G ^ao   Wonsak, B ^y   Wurtz, J ^a   Yakushev, V ^b   Yoon, C S ^ag   Yoshida, J ^ae   Zaitsev, Y ^z   Zemskova, S ^t   Zghiche, A ⁿ   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^d MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e CERN   (Switzerland)

^f MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^g KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^j ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^k SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^p INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^r LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^s INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^t JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^u SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^v LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^w UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^x INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^y UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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

^aa TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ab TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^ad INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^ae NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^af RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^ag Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^ai AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^ak UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^al ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^am UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^an UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^ao UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^ap INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^aq Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^ar Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^as Centre de Recherche en Astronomie Astrophysique et Geophysique   (Algeria)

^at SUBATECH   (France)

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Author keywords

Neutrino detectors and telescopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868537223     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2012)093     Document Type: Article

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