Evidence for high-energy extraterrestrial neutrinos at the icecube detector

Science

Volumn 342, Issue 6161, 2013, Pages

  Aartsen, M G ^b   Abbasi, R ^z   Abdou, Y ^u   Ackermann, M ^an   Adams, J ^o   Aguilar, J A ^t   Ahlers, M ^z   Altmann, D ⁱ   Auffenberg, J ^z   Bai, X ^ad   Baker, M ^z   Barwick, S W ^v   Baum, V ^aa   Bay, R ^g   Beatty, J J ^q   Bechet, S ^l   Becker Tjus, J ^j   Becker, K H ^am   Benabderrahmane, M L ^an   BenZvi, S ^z   Berghaus, P ^an   Berley, D ^p   Bernardini, E ^an   Bernhard, A ^ac   Bertrand, D ^l   Besson, D Z ^x   Binder, G ^g,h   Bindig, D ^am   Bissok, M ^a   Blaufuss, E ^p   Blumenthal, J ^a   Boersma, D J ^al   Bohaichuk, S ^s   Bohm, C ^ag   Bose, D ^m   Boser S ^k   Botner, O ^al   Brayeur, L ^m   Bretz, H P ^an   Brown, A M ^o   Bruijn, R ^w   Brunner, J ^an   Carson, M ^u   Casey, J ^e   Casier, M ^m   Chirkin, D ^z   Christov, A ^t   Christy, B ^p   Clark, K ^ak   Clevermann, F ^r   Coenders, S ^a   Cohen, S ^w   Cowen, D F ^ak   Cruz Silva, A H ^an   Danninger, M ^ag   Daughhetee, J ^e   Davis, J C ^q   Day, M ^z   De Clercq, C ^m   De Ridder, S ^u   Desiati, P ^z   De Vries, K D ^m   De With, M ⁱ   DeYoung, T ^ak   Diaz Velez J C ^z   Dunkman, M ^ak   Eagan, R ^ak   Eberhardt, B ^aa   Eichmann, B ^j   Eisch, J ^z   Ellsworth, R W ^p   Euler, S ^a   Evenson, P A ^ad   Fadiran, O ^z   Fazely, A R ^f   Fedynitch, A ^j   Feintzeig, J ^z   Feusels, T ^u   Filimonov, K ^g   Finley, C ^ag   Fischer Wasels, T ^am   Flis, S ^ag   Franckowiak, A ^k   Frantzen, K ^r   Fuchs, T ^r   Gaisser, T K ^ad   Gallagher, J ^y   Gerhardt, L ^g,h   Gladstone, L ^z   Glusenkamp T ^an   Goldschmidt, A ^h   Golup, G ^m   Gonzalez, J G ^ad   Goodman, J A ^p   Gora D ^an   Grandmont, D T ^s   Grant, D ^s   Gross A ^ac   Ha, C ^g,h   Haj Ismail, A ^u   Hallen, P ^a   Hallgren, A ^al   Halzen, F ^z   Hanson, K ^l   Heereman, D ^l   Heinen, D ^a   Helbing, K ^am   Hellauer, R ^p   Hickford, S ^o   Hill, G C ^b   Hoffman, K D ^p   Hoffmann, R ^am   Homeier, A ^k   Hoshina, K ^z   Huelsnitz, W ^p   Hulth, P O ^ag   Hultqvist, K ^ag   Hussain, S ^ad   Ishihara, A ⁿ   Jacobi, E ^an   Jacobsen, J ^z   Jagielski, K ^a   Japaridze, G S ^d   Jero, K ^z   Jlelati, O ^u   Kaminsky, B ^an   Kappes, A ⁱ   Karg, T ^an   Karle, A ^z   Kelley, J L ^z   Kiryluk, J ^ah   Klas J ^am   Klein, S R ^g,h   Kohne J H ^r   Kohnen, G ^ab   Kolanoski, H ⁱ   Kopke L ^aa   Kopper, C ^z   Kopper, S ^am   Koskinen, D J ^ak   Kowalski, M ^k   Krasberg, M ^z   Krings, K ^a   Kroll, G ^aa   Kunnen, J ^m   Kurahashi, N ^z   Kuwabara, T ^ad   Labare, M ^u   Landsman, H ^z   Larson, M J ^aj   Lesiak Bzdak, M ^ah   Leuermann, M ^a   Leute, J ^ac   Lunemann J ^aa   Madsen, J ^af   Maggi, G ^m   Maruyama, R ^z   Mase, K ⁿ   Matis, H S ^h   McNally, F ^z   Meagher, K ^p   Merck, M ^z   Meures, T ^l   Miarecki, S ^g,h   Middell, E ^an   Milke, N ^r   Miller, J ^m   Mohrmann, L ^an   Montaruli, T ^t   Morse, R ^z   Nahnhauer, R ^an   Naumann, U ^am   Niederhausen, H ^ah   Nowicki, S C ^s   Nygren, D R ^h   Obertacke, A ^am   Odrowski, S ^s   Olivas, A ^p   O'Murchadha, A ^l   Paul, L ^a   Pepper, J A ^aj   De Perez Los Heros C ^al   Pfendner, C ^q   Pieloth, D ^r   Pinat, E ^l   Posselt, J ^am   Price, P B ^g   Przybylski, G T ^h   Radel L ^a   Rameez, M ^t   Rawlins, K ^c   Redl, P ^p   Reimann, R ^a   Resconi, E ^ac   Rhode, W ^r   Ribordy, M ^w   Richman, M ^p   Riedel, B ^z   Rodrigues, J P ^z   Rott, C ^ai   Ruhe, T ^r   Ruzybayev, B ^ad   Ryckbosch, D ^u   Saba, S M ^j   Salameh, T ^ak   Sander, H G ^aa   Santander, M ^z   Sarkar, S ^ae   Schatto, K ^aa   Scheriau, F ^r   Schmidt, T ^p   Schmitz, M ^r   Schoenen, S ^a   Schoneberg S ^j   Schonwald A ^an   Schukraft, A ^a   Schulte, L ^k   Schulz, O ^ac   Seckel, D ^ad   Sestayo, Y ^ac   Seunarine, S ^af   Shanidze, R ^an   Sheremata, C ^s   Smith, M W E ^ak   Soldin, D ^am   Spiczak, G M ^af   Spiering, C ^an   Stamatikos, M ^q   Stanev, T ^ad   Stasik, A ^k   Stezelberger, T ^h   Stokstad, R G ^h   Stoßl A ^an   Strahler, E A ^m   Strom R ^al   Sullivan, G W ^p   Taavola, H ^al   Taboada, I ^e   Tamburro, A ^ad   Tepe, A ^am   Ter Antonyan, S ^f   Tesic G ^ak   Tilav, S ^ad   Toale, P A ^aj   Toscano, S ^z   Unger, E ^j   Usner, M ^k   Van Eijndhoven, N ^m   Van Overloop, A ^u   Van Santen, J ^z   Vehring, M ^a   Voge, M ^k   Vraeghe, M ^u   Walck, C ^ag   Waldenmaier, T ⁱ   Wallraff, M ^a   Weaver, Ch ^z   Wellons, M ^z   Wendt, C ^z   Westerhoff, S ^z   Whitehorn, N ^z   Wiebe, K ^aa   Wiebusch, C H ^a   Williams, D R ^aj   Wissing, H ^p   Wolf, M ^ag   Wood, T R ^s   Woschnagg, K ^g   Xu, D L ^aj   Xu, X W ^f   Yanez, J P ^an   Yodh, G ^v   Yoshida, S ⁿ   Zarzhitsky, P ^aj   Ziemann, J ^r   Zierke, S ^a   Zoll, M ^ag   more..

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^d CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^m VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

ⁿ CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^q OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^s UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^t UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^u GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^v UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^w EPFL   (Switzerland)

^x UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^z Department of Astronomy University of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

^aa JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^ac TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^af UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^ag OSKAR KLEIN CENTRE   (Sweden)

^ah STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ai Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^ak PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^al UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^am UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^an DESY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; ICE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; ICECUBE NEUTRINO DETECTOR; MICROCLIMATE; MUON; NEUTRINO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84888063867     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1242856     Document Type: Article

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