A Measurement of Atmospheric Neutrino Flux Consistent with Tau Neutrino Appearance
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K.Abe,1 Y.Hayato,1 T.Iida,1 K.Ishihara,1 J.Kameda,1 Y.Koshio,1 A.Minamino,1 C.Mitsuda,1 M.Miura,1 S.Moriyama,1 M.Nakahata,1 Y.Obayashi,1 H.Ogawa,1 M.Shiozawa,1 Y.Suzuki,1 A.Takeda,1 Y.Takeuchi,1 K.Ueshima,1 I.Higuchi,2 C.Ishihara,2 M.Ishitsuka,2 T.Kajita,2 K.Kaneyuki,2 G.Mitsuka,2 S.Nakayama,2 H.Nishino,2 K.Okumura,2 C.Saji,2 Y.Takenaga,2 Y.Totsuka,2 S.Clark,3 S.Desai,3 F.Dufour,3 E.Kearns,3 S.Likhoded,3 M.Litos,3 J.L.Raaf,3 J.L.Stone,3 L.R.Sulak,3 W.Wang,3 M.Goldhaber,4 D.Casper,5 J.P.Cravens,5 W.R.Kropp,5 D.W.Liu,5 S.Mine,5 C.Regis,5 M.B.Smy,5 H.W.Sobel,5 M.R.Vagins,5 K.S.Ganezer,6 J.E.Hill,6 W.E.Keig,6 J.S.Jang,7 J.Y.Kim,7 I.T.Lim,7 K.Scholberg,8 N.Tanimoto,8 C.W.Walter,8 R.Wendell,8 R.W.Ellsworth,9 S.Tasaka,10 E.Guillian,11 J.G.Learned,11 S.Matsuno,11 M.D.Messier,12 A.K.Ichikawa,13 T.Ishida,13 T.Ishii,13 T.Iwashita,13 T.Kobayashi,13 T.Nakadaira,13 K.Nakamura,13 K.Nitta,13 Y.Oyama,13 A.T.Suzuki,14 M.Hasegawa,15 I.Kato,15 H.Maesaka,15 T.Nakaya,15 K.Nishikawa,15 T.Sasaki,15 H.Sato,15 S.Yamamoto,15 M.Yokoyama,15 T.J.Haines,16 S.Dazeley,17 S.Hatakeyama,17 R.Svoboda,17 G.W.Sullivan,18 A.Habig,19 R.Gran,19 Y.Fukuda,20 T.Sato,20 Y.Itow,21 T.Koike,21 C.K.Jung,22 T.Kato,22 K.Kobayashi,22 M.Malek,22 C.McGrew,22 A.Sarrat,1, 22 R.Terri,22 C.Yanagisawa,22 N.Tamura,23 M.Sakuda,24 M.Sugihara,24 Y.Kuno,25 M.Yoshida,25 S.B.Kim,26 J.Yoo,26 T.Ishizuka,27 H.Okazawa,28 Y.Choi,29 H.K.Seo,29 Y.Gando,30 T.Hasegawa,30 K.Inoue,30 H.Ishii,31 K.Nishijima,31 H.Ishino,32 Y.Watanabe,32 M.Koshiba,33 D.Kielczewska,34, 5 J.Zalipska,34 H.G.Berns,35 K.K.Shiraishi,35 K.Washburn,35 and R.J.Wilkes35
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تاریخ انتشار 2006