Search for a diffuse flux of astrophysical muon neutrinos with the IceCube 59-string configuration

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

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^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 UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^s TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^u UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^v UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^w GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^x UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^y EPFL   (Switzerland)

^z UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^ab JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^ad TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^af UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^ah STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ai STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aj Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^al UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^am PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^an UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^ap DESY   (Germany)

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EID: 84898716972     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.89.062007     Document Type: Article

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