Search for Lorentz invariance and CPT violation with muon antineutrinos in the MINOS Near Detector
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P. Adamson, D. S. Ayres, G. Barr, M. Bishai, A. Blake, G. J. Bock, D. J. Boehnlein, D. Bogert, S. V. Cao, S. Cavanaugh, S. Childress, J. A. B. Coelho, L. Corwin, D. Cronin-Hennessy, I. Z. Danko, J. K. de Jong, N. E. Devenish, M. V. Diwan, C. O. Escobar, J. J. Evans, E. Falk, G. J. Feldman, M. V. Frohne, H. R. Gallagher, R. A. Gomes, M. C. Goodman, P. Gouffon, N. Graf, R. Gran, K. Grzelak, A. Habig, J. Hartnell, R. Hatcher, A. Himmel, A. Holin, J. Hylen, G.M. Irwin, Z. Isvan, C. James, D. Jensen, T. Kafka, S.M. S. Kasahara, G. Koizumi, S. Kopp, M. Kordosky, A. Kreymer, K. Lang, J. Ling, P. J. Litchfield, L. Loiacono, P. Lucas, W. A. Mann, M. L. Marshak, M. Mathis, N. Mayer, R. Mehdiyev, J. R. Meier, M. D. Messier, W. H. Miller, S. R. Mishra, J. Mitchell, C. D. Moore, L. Mualem, S. Mufson, J. Musser, D. Naples, J. K. Nelson, H. B. Newman, R. J. Nichol, J. A. Nowak, W. P. Oliver, M. Orchanian, R. B. Pahlka, J. Paley, R. B. Patterson, G. Pawloski, S. Phan-Budd, R. K. Plunkett, X. Qiu, A. Radovic, J. Ratchford, B. Rebel, C. Rosenfeld, H. A. Rubin, M. C. Sanchez, J. Schneps, A. Schreckenberger, P. Schreiner, R. Sharma, A. Sousa, M. Strait, N. Tagg, R. L. Talaga, J. Thomas, M. A. Thomson, G. Tinti, R. Toner, D. Torretta, G. Tzanakos, J. Urheim, P. Vahle, B. Viren, J. J. Walding, A. Weber, R. C. Webb, C. White, L. Whitehead, S. G. Wojcicki, and R. Zwaska
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