Search for sterile neutrino mixing in the MINOS long-baseline experiment
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P. Adamson, C. Andreopoulos, D. J. Auty, D. S. Ayres, C. Backhouse, P. D. Barnes, Jr., G. Barr, W. L. Barrett, M. Bishai, A. Blake, G. J. Bock, D. J. Boehnlein, D. Bogert, C. Bower, S. Cavanaugh, J. D. Chapman, D. Cherdack, S. Childress, B. C. Choudhary,* J. A. B. Coelho, J. H. Cobb, S. J. Coleman, J. P. Cravens, D. Cronin-Hennessy, A. J. Culling, I. Z. Danko, J. K. de Jong, N. E. Devenish, M.V. Diwan, M. Dorman, A. R. Erwin, C. O. Escobar, J. J. Evans, E. Falk, G. J. Feldman, M.V. Frohne, H. R. Gallagher, A. Godley, M.C. Goodman, P. Gouffon, R. Gran, E.W. Grashorn, K. Grzelak, A. Habig, D. Harris, P. G. Harris, J. Hartnell, R. Hatcher, K. Heller, A. Himmel, A. Holin, X. Huang, J. Hylen, G.M. Irwin, Z. Isvan, D. E. Jaffe, C. James, D. Jensen, T. Kafka, S.M. S. Kasahara, G. Koizumi, S. Kopp, M. Kordosky, D. J. Koskinen, Z. Krahn, A. Kreymer, K. Lang, J. Ling, P. J. Litchfield, R. P. Litchfield, L. Loiacono, P. Lucas, J. Ma, W.A. Mann, A. Marchionni, M. L. Marshak, J. S. Marshall, N. Mayer, A.M. McGowan,1,17,x R. Mehdiyev, J. R. Meier, M.D. Messier, C. J. Metelko, D.G. Michael,5,k W.H. Miller, S. R. Mishra, J. Mitchell, C. D. Moore, J. Morfı́n, L. Mualem, S. Mufson, J. Musser, D. Naples, J. K. Nelson, H. B. Newman, R. J. Nichol, T. C. Nicholls, J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux,5,{ W.P. Oliver, M. Orchanian, T. Osiecki, R. Ospanov,** J. Paley, V. Paolone, R. B. Patterson, Ž. Pavlović, G. Pawloski, G. F. Pearce, R. Pittam, R. K. Plunkett, A. Rahaman, R. A. Rameika, T.M. Raufer, B. Rebel, P. A. Rodrigues, C. Rosenfeld, H.A. Rubin, V. A. Ryabov, M.C. Sanchez, N. Saoulidou, J. Schneps, P. Schreiner, P. Shanahan, W. Smart, C. Smith, A. Sousa, P. Stamoulis, M. Strait, N. Tagg, R. L. Talaga, J. Thomas, M.A. Thomson, G. Tinti, R. Toner, G. Tzanakos, J. Urheim, P. Vahle, B. Viren, M. Watabe, A. Weber, R. C. Webb, N. West, C. White, L. Whitehead, S. G. Wojcicki, D.M. Wright, T. Yang, K. Zhang, and R. Zwaska
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