Improved measurements of the neutrino mixing angle Ɵ13 with the double chooz detector

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2014, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Abe, Y ^ab   dos Anjos, J C ^h   Barriere, J C ^p   Baussan, E ^w   Bekman, I ^d   Bergevin, M ^l   Bezerra, T J C ^z   Bezrukov, L ^aj   Blucher, E ⁱ   Buck, C ^t   Busenitz, J ^e   Cabrera, A ^g   Caden, E ^m   Camilleri, L ^k   Carr, R ^k   Cerrada, M ^j   Chang, P J ^q   Chauveau, E ^z   Chimenti, P ^af   Collin, A P ^t   Conover, E ⁱ   Conrad, J M ^s   Crespo Anadon J I ^j   Crum, K ⁱ   Cucoanes, A S ^x   Damon, E ^m   Dawson, J V ^g   Dhooghe, J ^l   Dietrich, D ^ae   Djurcic, Z ^f   Dracos, M ^w   Elnimr, M ^e   Etenko, A ^r   Fallot, M ^x   von Feilitzsch, F ^ad   Felde, J ^a,l   Fernandes, S M ^e   Fischer, V ^p   Franco, D ^g   Franke, M ^ad   Furuta, H ^z   Gil Botella, I ^j   Giot, L ^x   Goger Neff M ^ad   Gonzalez, L F G ^ag   Goodenough, L ^f   Goodman, M C ^f   Grant, C ^l   Haag, N ^ad   Hara, T ^b   Haser, J ^t   Hofmann, M ^ad   Horton Smith, G A ^q   Hourlier, A ^g   Ishitsuka, M ^ab   Jochum, J ^ae   Jollet, C ^w   Kaether, F ^t   Kalousis, L N ^ah   Kamyshkov, Y ^y   Kaplan, D M ^o   Kawasaki, T ^u   Kemp, E ^ag   de Kerret, H ^g   Kryn, D ^g   Kuze, M ^ab   Lachenmaier, T ^ae   Lane, C E ^m   Lasserre, T ^g,p   Letourneau, A ^p   Lhuillier, D ^p   Lima, H P ^h   Lindner, M ^t   Lopez Castano J M ^j   LoSecco, J M ^v   Lubsandorzhiev, B ^aj   Lucht, S ^d   Maeda, J ^b,ac   Mariani, C ^ah   Maricic, J ^c,m   Martino, J ^x   Matsubara, T ^ac   Mention, G ^p   Meregaglia, A ^w   Miletic, T ^m   Milincic, R ^c,m   Minotti, A ^w   Nagasaka, Y ⁿ   Nikitenko, Y ^aj   Novella, P ^g   Oberauer, L ^ad   Obolensky, M ^g   Onillon, A ^x   Osborn, A ^y   Palomares, C ^j   Pepe, I M ^h   Perasso, S ^g   Pfahler, P ^ad   Porta, A ^x   Pronost, G ^x   Reichenbacher, J ^e   Reinhold, B ^c,t   Rohling M ^ae   Roncin, R ^g   Roth, S ^d   Rybolt, B ^y   Sakamoto, Y ^aa   Santorelli, R ^j   Schilithz, A C ^h   Schonert S ^ad   Schoppmann, S ^d   Shaevitz, M H ^k   Sharankova, R ^ab   Shimojima, S ^ac   Shrestha, D ^q   Sibille, V ^p   Sinev, V ^aj   Skorokhvatov, M ^r   Smith, E ^m   Spitz, J ^s   Stahl, A ^d   Stancu, I ^e   Stokes, L F F ^ae   Strait, M ⁱ   Stuken A ^d   Suekane, F ^z   Sukhotin, S ^r   Sumiyoshi, T ^ac   Sun, Y ^c,e   Svoboda, R ^l   Terao, K ^s   Tonazzo, A ^g   Trinh Thi, H H ^ad   Valdiviesso, G ^h   Vassilopoulos, N ^w   Veyssiere, C ^p   Vivier, M ^p   Wagner, S ^t   Walsh, N ^l   Watanabe, H ^t   Wiebusch, C ^d   Winslow, L ^s   Wurm, M ^ae,ai   Yang, G ^f,o   Yermia, F ^x   Zimmer, V ^ad   more..

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^f ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^h CENTRO BRASILEIRO DE PESQUISAS FÍSICAS   (Brazil)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^j CIEMAT   (Spain)

^k Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ HIROSHIMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^o ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^p CEA SACLAY   (France)

^q KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^s MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^t MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^u NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^v UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^x UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^y UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^z TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^aa TOHOKU GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ab TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^ac TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ad TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^af UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

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

^ai JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^aj INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

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Author keywords

Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes; Oscillation

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EID: 84924280293     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2014)086     Document Type: Article

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