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    Measurement of differential cross sections for νμ -Ar charged-current interactions with protons and no pions in the final state with the MicroBooNE detector
    P. AbratenkoM. AlrashedR. AnJ. AnthonyJ. AsaadiA. AshkenaziS. BalasubramanianB. BallerC. BarnesG. BarrV. BasqueL. Bathe-PetersO. Benevides RodriguesS. BerkmanA. BhanderiA. BhatM. BishaiA. BlakeT. BoltonL. CamilleriD. CaratelliI. Caro TerrazasR. Castillo FernándezF. CavannaG. B. CeratiY. ChenE. ChurchD. CianciJ. M. ConradM. R. ConveryL. Cooper-TroendleJ. I. Crespo-AnadónM. Del TuttoAnn DevittR. DiurbaL. DomineR. DorrillK. DuffyS. DytmanB. EberlyA. EreditatoL. Escudero SanchezJ. J. EvansG. A. Fiorentini AguirreR. S. FitzpatrickB. T. FlemingN. FoppianiD. FrancoA. P. FurmanskiD. García-GámezS. GardinerG. GeS. GollapinniO. GoodwinE. GramelliniP. GreenH. GreenleeWei GuR. GuénetteP. GuzowskiE. HallP. HamiltonO. HenG. A. Horton-SmithA. HourlierE.-C. HuangR. ItayC. JamesJ. Jan de VriesX. JiL. JiangJ. H. JoR. A. JohnsonY.-J. JwaN. KampG. KaragiorgiW. KetchumB. KirbyM. KirbyT. KobilarcikI. KresloR. LaZurI. LepeticK. LiY. LiA. ListerB. R. LittlejohnD. LorcaW. C. LouisX. LuoA. MarchionniS. MarcocciC. MarianiD. MarsdenJ. MarshallJ. Martín-AlboD. A. Martínez CaicedoK. MasonA. MastbaumN. McConkeyV. MeddageT. MettlerK. MillerJ. MillsK. MistryA. MoganT. MohayaiJ. MoonM. MooneyA. F. MoorC. D. MooreJ. MousseauM. MurphyD. NaplesA. Navrer-AgassonR.K. NeelyP. NienaberJ. NowakO. PalamaraV. PaoloneA. PapadopoulouV. PapavassiliouS. F. PateA. PaudelŽ. PavlovićE. PiasetzkyI. D. Ponce-PintoD. PorzioS. PrinceX. QianJ. L. RaafV. RadekaA. RafiqueM. Reggiani-GuzzoL. RenLynn RochesterJ. Rodriguez RondonH. E. RogersM. RosenbergM. Ross-LonerganB. RussellG. ScanaviniD. SchmitzA. SchukraftM. H. ShaevitzR. SharankovaJ. SinclairA. C. SmithE.L. SniderM. SöderbergS. Söldner‐RemboldS. R. SoletiP. SpentzourisJ. SpitzM. StancariJ. St. JohnT. StraussK. SuttonS. Sword-FehlbergA. M. SzelcN. TaggW. TangK. TeraoC. ThorpeM. ToupsY.-T. TsaiS. TufanliM. A. UchidaT. UsherW. Van De PontseeleB. VirenM. WeberH. WeiZ. WilliamsS. WolbersT. WongjiradM. WospakrikW. WuT. YangG. YarbroughL. E. YatesGeralyn P. ZellerJ. ZennamoC. Zhang
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