A search for neutrino emission from the Fermi bubbles with the ANTARES telescope

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Adrian Martinez S ^a   Albert, A ^b   Al Samarai, I ^c   Andre M ^d   Anton, G ^f   Anvar, S ^g   Ardid, M ^a   Astraatmadja, T ^h   Aubert, J J ^c   Baret, B ⁱ   Barrios Marti J ^j   Basa, S ^k   Bertin, V ^c   Biagi, S ^l,m   Bigongiari, C ^j   Bogazzi, C ^h   Bouhou, B ⁱ   Bouwhuis, M C ^j   Brunner, J ^c   Busto, J ^c   Capone, A ^n,o   Caramete, L ^p   Carloganu C ^q   Carr, J ^c   Cecchini, S ^l   Charif, Z ^c   Charvis, Ph ^r   Chiarusi, T ^l   Circella, M ^s   Classen, F ^f   Coniglione, R ^t   Core, L ^c   Costantini, H ^c   Coyle, P ^c   Creusot, A ⁱ   Curtil, C ^c   De Bonis, G ^n,o   Dekeyser, I ^c,u   Deschamps, A ^r   Donzaud, C ^i,v   Dornic, D ^c   Dorosti, Q ^w   Drouhin, D ^b   Dumas, A ^q   Eberl, T ^f   Emanuele, U ^j   Enzenhofer A ^f   Ernenwein, J P ^c   Escoffier, S ^c   Fehn, K ^f   Fermani, P ^n,o   Flaminio, V ^x,y   Folger, F ^f   Fritsch, U ^f   Fusco, L A ^l,m   Galata S ⁱ   Gay, P ^q   Geisselsoder S ^f   Geyer, K ^f   Giacomelli, G ^l,m   Giordano, V ^t   Gleixner, A ^f   Gomez Gonzalez J P ^j   Graf, K ^f   Guillard, G ^q   van Haren, H ^z   Heijboer, A J ^h   Hello, Y ^r   Hernandez Rey J J ^j   Herold, B ^f   Hoßl J ^f   Hugon, C ^e   James, C W ^f   de Jong, M ^h   Kadler, M ^aa   Kalekin, O ^f   Kappes, A ^f   Katz, U ^f   Kooijman, P ^h,ab,ac   Kouchner, A ⁱ   Kreykenbohm, I ^f   Kulikovskiy, V ^e,ad   Lahmann, R ^f   Lambard, E ^c   Lambard, G ^j   Larosa, G ^a   Lattuada, D ^t   Lefevre D ^c,u   Leonora, E ^t,ae   Lo Presti, D ^t,ae   Loehner, H ^w   Loucatos, S ^g,i   Louis, F ^g   Mangano, S ^j   Marcelin, M ^k   Margiotta, A ^l,m   Martinez Mora J A ^a   Martini, S ^c,u   Michael, T ^h   Montaruli, T ^c,af   Morganti, M ^x   Muller C ^f   Neff, M ^f   Nezri, E ^k   Palioselitis, D ^h   Pavalas G E ^p   Perrina, C ^n,o   Popa, V ^p   Pradier, T ^ag   Racca, C ^b   Riccobene, G ^t   Richter, R ^f   Riviere C ^c   Robert, A ^c,u   Roensch, K ^f   Rostovtsev, A ^ah   Samtleben, D F E ^h,ai   Sanguineti, M ^e   Sapienza, P ^t   Schmid, J ^f   Schnabel, J ^f   Schulte, S ^h   Schussler F ^g   Seitz, T ^f   Shanidze, R ^f   Sieger, C ^f   Simeone, F ^n,o   Spies, A ^f   Spurio, M ^l,m   Steijger, J J M ^h   Stolarczyk, Th ^g   Sanchez Losa A ^j   Taiuti, M ^d,aj   Tamburini, C ^c,u   Tayalati, Y ^ak   Trovato, A ^t   Vallage, B ^g   Vallee C ^c   Van Elewyck, V ⁱ   Vecchi, M ^c   Vernin, P ^g   Visser, E ^h   Wagner, S ^f   Wilms, J ^f   de Wolf, E ^h,ac   Yatkin, K ^c   Yepes, H ^j   Zornoza, J D ^j   Zuniga J ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b Institut universitaire de technologie de Colmar   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^e INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^g CEA SACLAY   (France)

^h NIKHEF   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^k AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^l INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

ⁿ INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^p INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCES   (Romania)

^q UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^r UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^s INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^t INFN SEZIONE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^u CNRS   (France)

^v UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^w UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^x INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^y UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^z ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^ab UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^ad MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^af UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^ag UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

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

^ai LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^ak FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

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EID: 84897597947     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: 14346052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2701-6     Document Type: Article

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