Simultaneous Measurement of Muon Neutrino ν μ π + Physical Review Letters (2023)
A. BercellieK. A. Kroma-WileyS. AkhterZ. Ahmad DarF. AkbarV. AnsariM. V. AscencioM. Sajjad AtharL. BellantoniM. BetancourtA. BodekJ. L. BonillaA. BravarH. S. BuddG. CáceresT. CaiG. A. DíazH. da MottaS. A. DytmanJ. FélixL. FieldsA. FilkinsR. FineA. M. GagoH. GallagherP. K. GaurA. GhoshS. M. GilliganR. GranE. GranadosD. A. HarrisC. JenaS. JenaJ. KleykampA. KlustováM. KordoskyD. LastT. LeAna LozanoX.-G. LuI. MahbubE. MaherS. ManlyW. A. MannC. MaugerK. S. McFarlandB. MesserlyJ. MillerO. MorenoJ. G. MorfínD. NaplesJ. K. NelsonC. NguyenA. OlivierV. PaoloneG. N. PerdueKomninos-John PlowsM. A. RamírezR. D. RansomeH. RayD. RuterboriesH. SchellmanC. J. Solano SalinasHang SuM. SultanaV. S. SyrotenkoB. UttE. ValenciaN. H. VaughanA. V. WaldronB. YaeggyL. Zazueta
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