Search for νμ → νe oscillations with the OPERA experiment in the CNGS beam

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Agafonova, N ^a   Aleksandrov, A ^b   Anokhina, A ^c   Aoki, S ^d   Ariga, A ^e   Ariga, T ^e   Autiero, D ^f   Badertscher, A ^g   Dhahbi, A Ben ^e   Bertolin, A ^h   Bozza, C ⁱ   Brugnera, R ^h,j   Brunet, F ^k   Brunetti, G ^e   Buettner, B ^l   Buontempo, S ^b   Chaussard, L ^f   Chernyavsky, M ^m   Chiarella, V ⁿ   Chukanov, A ^o   Consiglio, L ^b,q   D'Ambrosio, N ^p   De Lellis, G ^b,q   De Serio, M ^r,s   Del Amo Sanchez, P ^k   Di Crescenzo, A ^b,q   Di Ferdinando, D ^t   Di Marco, N ^p   Dmitrievsky, S ^o   Dracos, M ^u   Duchesneau, D ^k   Dusini, S ^h   Dzhatdoev, T ^c   Ebert, J ^l   Ereditato, A ^e   Ferber, T ^l,am   Fini, R A ^r   Fukuda, T ^v   Garfagnini, A ^h,j   Giacomelli, G ^t,w   Goellnitz, C ^l   Goldberg, J ^x   Gornushkin, Y ^o   Grella, G ⁱ   Grianti, F ^n,y   Guler, A M ^z   Gustavino, C ^aa   Hagner, C ^l   Hamada, K ^ab   Hara, T ^d   Hierholzer, M ^e,l   Hollnagel, A ^l   Hosseini, B ^b,q   Ishida, H ^v   Ishiguro, K ^ab   Jakovcic, K ^ac   Jollet, C ^u   Juget, F ^e,an   Kamiscioglu, C ^z,ad   Kamiscioglu, M ^z   Kawada, J ^e   Kim, J H ^ae   Kim, S H ^ae,ao   Kimura, M ^e   Kitagawa, N ^ab   Klicek, B ^ac   Kodama, K ^af   Komatsu, M ^ab   Kose, U ^h   Kreslo, I ^e   Lauria, A ^b,q   Lenkeit, J ^l   Ljubicic, A ^ac   Longhin, A ⁿ   Loverre, P ^aa,ag   Malgin, A ^a   Mancini Terracciano, C ^e,ap   Mandrioli, G ^t   Marteau, J ^f   Matsuo, T ^v   Matveev, V ^a   Mauri, N ⁿ   Medinaceli, E ^h,j   Meisel, F W ^e   Meregaglia, A ^u   Migliozzi, P ^b   Mikado, S ^v   Minotti, A ^u,ag   Monacelli, P ^ah   Montesi, M C ^b,q   Morishima, K ^ab   Muciaccia, M T ^r,s   Nakamura, M ^ab   Nakano, T ^ab   Nakatsuka, Y ^ab   Naumov, D ^o   Niwa, K ^ab   Ogawa, S ^v   Okateva, N ^m   Olchevsky, A ^o   Omura, T ^ab   Ozaki, K ^d   Paoloni, A ⁿ   Park, B D ^ae,aq   Park, I G ^ae   Pastore, A ^r   Patrizii, L ^t   Pennacchio, E ^f   Pessard, H ^k   Pistillo, C ^e   Podgrudkov, D ^c   Polukhina, N ^m   Pozzato, M ^t,w   Pretzl, K ^e   Pupilli, F ^p   Rescigno, R ⁱ   Roda, M ^h,j   Roganova, T ^c   Rokujo, H ^d   Rosa, G ^aa,ag   Rostovtseva, I ^ai   Rubbia, A ^g   Russo, A ^b   Ryazhskaya, O ^a   Sato, O ^ab   Sato, Y ^aj   Schchedrina, T ^b   Schembri, A ^p   Schmidt Parzefall, W ^l   Shakiryanova, I ^a   Sheshukov, A ^b   Shibuya, H ^v   Shiraishi, T ^ab   Shoziyoev, G ^c   Simone, S ^r,s   Sioli, M ^t,w   Sirignano, C ^h,j   Sirri, G ^t   Spinetti, M ⁿ   Stanco, L ^h   Starkov, N ^m   Stellacci, S M ⁱ   Stipcevic, M ^ac   Strauss, T ^e   Strolin, P ^b,q   Suzuki, K ^ab   Takahashi, S ^d   Tenti, M ^w   Terranova, F ^n,ak   Tioukov, V ^b   Tolun, P ^z   Tufanli, S ^e   Vilain, P ^al   Vladimirov, M ^m   Votano, L ⁿ   Vuilleumier, J L ^e   Wilquet, G ^al   Wonsak, B ^l   Yoon, C S ^ae   Yoshida, J ^ab   Zaitsev, Y ^ai   Zemskova, S ^o   Zghiche, A ^k   more..

^a INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^g ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^m LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

ⁿ INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^o JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^p LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^r INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^t UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^u UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^v TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^w INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^x TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^y UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^z MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^aa INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^ab NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ac RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^ad ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^ae Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^af AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^ag SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

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

^aj UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^al UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^am DESY   (Germany)

^an LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^ao Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^ap ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^aq Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes; Oscillation

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EID: 84883024653     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2013)004     Document Type: Article

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