The MEG detector for μ+→e+γ decay search

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1-59

  Adam, J ^a,b   Bai, X ^c   Baldini, A M ^d   Baracchini, E ^c,f,o   Bemporad, C ^d,e   Boca, G ^g,h   Cattaneo, P W ^g   Cavoto, G ⁱ   Cei, F ^d,e   Cerri, C ^d   Corbo, M ^d,e   Curalli, N ^d,e   de Bari, A ^g,h   de Gerone, M ^a,i,j,k,l   Del Frate, L ^d   Doke, S ^m   Dussoni, S ^d,e,k,l   Egger, J ^a   Fratini, K ^k,l   Fujii, Y ^c   Galli, L ^a,d,e   Galeotti, S ^d   Gallucci, G ^d,e   Gatti, F ^k,l   Golden, B ^f   Grassi, M ^d   Graziosi, A ⁱ   Grigoriev, D N ^n,s   Haruyama, T ^o   Hildebrandt, M ^a   Hisamatsu, Y ^c   Ignatov, F ⁿ   Iwamoto, T ^c   Kaneko, D ^c   Kasami, K ^o   Kettle, P R ^a   Khazin, B I ⁿ   Kiselev, O ^a   Korenchenko, A ^p   Kravchuk, N ^p   Lim, G ^f   Maki, A ^o   Mihara, S ^o   Molzon, W ^f   Mori, T ^c   Morsani, F ^d   Mzavia, D ^p   Nardo R ^g,h   Natori, H ^c   Nicolo D ^d,e   Nishiguchi, H ^o   Nishimura, Y ^c   Ootani, W ^c   Ozone, K ^c   Panareo, M ^q,r   Papa, A ^a,d,e   Pazzi, R ^d,e   Piredda, G ⁱ   Popov, A ⁿ   Raffaelli, F ^d   Renga, F ^a,i,j   Ripiccini, E ^i,j   Ritt, S ^a   Rossella, M ^g   Sawada, R ^c   Schneebeli, M ^a,b   Sergiampietri, F ^d   Signorelli, G ^d   Suzuki, S ^m   Tenchini, F ^d,e   Topchyan, C ^f   Uchiyama, Y ^a,c   Valle, R ^k,l   Voena, C ⁱ   Xiao, F ^f   Yamada, S ^o   Yamamoto, S ^o   Yamashita, S ^c   Yudin, Yu V ⁿ   Zanello, D ⁱ   more..

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

ⁱ INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^j SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^k INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^m WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ ENERGY SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^o HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^p JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^q INFN SEZIONE DI LECCE   (Italy)

^r UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^s NOVOSIBIRSK STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 84875534045     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: 14346052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2365-2     Document Type: Article

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