Cosmic rays observed by the resonant gravitational wave detector NAUTILUS
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The passage of cosmic rays has been observed to excite mechanical vibrations in the resonant gravitational wave detector NAUTILUS operating at temperature of 100 mK. A very significant correlation (more than 10 standard deviations) is found.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 84 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000