Showering cosmogenic muons in a large liquid scintillator

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2014, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1-20

  Grassi, Marco ^a,b   Evslin, Jarah ^a,c   Ciuffoli, Emilio ^a   Zhang, Xinmin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF MODERN PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes

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EID: 84919882184     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2014)049     Document Type: Article

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