Cosmogenic backgrounds in borexino at 3800 m water-equivalent depth

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Bellini, G ^a   Benziger, J ^b   Bick, D ^c   Bonfini, G ^d   Bravo, D ^e   Buizza Avanzini, M ^a   Caccianiga, B ^a   Cadonati, L ^f   Calaprice, F ^g   Cavalcante, P ^d   Chavarria, A ^g   Chepurnov, A ^h   D'Angelo, D ^a   Davini, S ⁱ   Derbin, A ^j   Empl, A ⁱ   Etenko, A ^k   Fomenko, K ^d,l   Franco, D ^m   Galbiati, C ^g   Gazzana, S ^d   Ghiano, C ^m   Giammarchi, M ^a   Goger Neff M ^o   Goretti, A ^g   Grandi, L ^g   Hagner, C ^c   Hungerford, E ⁱ   Ianni, Aldo ^d   Ianni, Andrea ^g   Kobychev, V ^p   Korablev, D ^l   Korga, G ⁱ   Kryn, D ^m   Laubenstein, M ^d   Lewke, T ^o   Litvinovich, E ^k   Loer, B ^g   Lombardi, P ^a   Lombardi, F ^d   Ludhova, L ^a   Lukyanchenko, G ^k   Machulin, I ^k   Manecki, S ^e   Maneschg, W ⁿ   Manuzio, G ^q   Meindl, Q ^o   Meroni, E ^a   Miramonti, L ^a   Misiaszek, M ^r   Mollenberg R ^o   Mosteiro, P ^g   Muratova, V ^j   Oberauer, L ^o   Obolensky, M ^m   Ortica, F ^s   Otis, K ^f   Pallavicini, M ^q   Papp, L ^e   Perasso, L ^q   Perasso, S ^m   Pocar, A ^f   Ranucci, G ^a   Razeto, A ^d   Re, A ^a   Romani, A ^s   Rossi, N ^d   Saldanha, R ^g   Salvo, C ^q   Schonert S ^o   Simgen, H ⁿ   Skorokhvatov, M ^k   Smirnov, O ^l   Sotnikov, A ^l   Sukhotin, S ^k   Suvorov, Y ^k,t   Tartaglia, R ^d   Testera, G ^q   Vignaud, D ^m   Vogelaar, R B ^e   Von Feilitzsch, F ^o   Winter, J ^o   Wojcik, M ^r   Wright, A ^g   Wurm, M ^c   Xu, J ^g   Zaimidoroga, O ^l   Zavatarelli, S ^q   Zuzel, G ^r   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^g PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ University of Houston   (United States)

^j PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^k KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^l JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^m UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

ⁿ MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^o TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^p INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Ukraine)

^q INFM   (Italy)

^r JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^s INFN SEZIONE DI PERUGIA   (Italy)

^t UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

cosmic ray experiments; dark matter experiments; neutrino experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883636466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/08/049     Document Type: Article

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