CUORICINO: a new large bolometer array for astroparticle physics
E. PrevitaliC. ArnaboldiD. R. ArtusaF. T. AvignoneM. BalataI. BandacM. BarucciJ. W. BeemanC. BrofferioC. BucciS. CapelliFrancesco CapozziL. CarboneS. CebriánO. CremonesiR. J. CreswickA. de WaardHorácio A. FarachE. FioriniG. FrossatiA. GiulianiP. GorlaE. E. HallerI.G. IrastorzaRyan J. MacDonaldA. MoralesE. B. NormanA. NucciottiE. OlivieriV. PalmieriEdoardo PascaM. PavanM. PedrettiG. PessinaS. PirroC. PobesM. PyleR. RisegariC. RosenfeldM. SistiA. R. SmithL. TorresG. Ventura
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