Measurement of the atmospheric muon charge ratio at TeV energies with the MINOS detector
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P. Adamson, C. Andreopoulos, K. E. Arms, R. Armstrong, D. J. Auty, S. Avvakumov, D. S. Ayres, B. Baller, B. Barish, P. D. Barnes, Jr., G. Barr, W. L. Barrett, E. Beall,* B. R. Becker, A. Belias, T. Bergfeld, R. H. Bernstein, D. Bhattacharya, M. Bishai, A. Blake, B. Bock, G. J. Bock, J. Boehm, D. J. Boehnlein, D. Bogert, P. M. Border, C. Bower, E. Buckley-Geer, C. Bungau, A. Cabrera, J. D. Chapman, D. Cherdack, S. Childress, B. C. Choudhary,1,x J. H. Cobb, A. J. Culling, J. K. de Jong, A. De Santo,11,k M. Dierckxsens, M. V. Diwan, M. Dorman, D. Drakoulakos, T. Durkin, A. R. Erwin, C. O. Escobar, J. J. Evans, E. Falk Harris, G. J. Feldman, T. H. Fields, R. Ford, M. V. Frohne,24,{ H. R. Gallagher, G. A. Giurgiu, A. Godley, J. Gogos, M. C. Goodman, P. Gouffon, R. Gran, E. W. Grashorn, N. Grossman, K. Grzelak, A. Habig, D. Harris, P. G. Harris, J. Hartnell, E. P. Hartouni, R. Hatcher, K. Heller, A. Holin, C. Howcroft, J. Hylen, D. Indurthy, G. M. Irwin, M. Ishitsuka, D. E. Jaffe, C. James, L. Jenner, D. Jensen, T. Joffe-Minor, T. Kafka, H. J. Kang, S. M. S. Kasahara, M. S. Kim, G. Koizumi, S. Kopp, M. Kordosky, D. J. Koskinen, S. K. Kotelnikov, A. Kreymer, S. Kumaratunga, K. Lang, A. Lebedev, R. Lee,** J. Ling, J. Liu, P. J. Litchfield, R. P. Litchfield, P. Lucas, W. A. Mann, A. Marchionni, A. D. Marino, M. L. Marshak, J. S. Marshall, N. Mayer, A. M. McGowan, J. R. Meier, G. I. Merzon, M. D. Messier, D. G. Michael, R. H. Milburn, J. L. Miller, W. H. Miller, S. R. Mishra, A. Mislivec, P. S. Miyagawa, C. D. Moore, J. Morfı́n, L. Mualem, S. Mufson, S. Murgia, J. Musser, D. Naples, J. K. Nelson, H. B. Newman, R. J. Nichol, T. C. Nicholls, J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux, W. P. Oliver, T. Osiecki, R. Ospanov, J. Paley, V. Paolone, A. Para, T. Patzak, Ž. Pavlović, G. F. Pearce, C. W. Peck, E. A. Peterson, D. A. Petyt, H. Ping, R. Piteira, R. Pittam, R. K. Plunkett, D. Rahman, R. A. Rameika, T. M. Raufer, B. Rebel, J. Reichenbacher, D. E. Reyna, C. Rosenfeld, H. A. Rubin, K. Ruddick, V. A. Ryabov, R. Saakyan, M. C. Sanchez, N. Saoulidou, J. Schneps, P. Schreiner, V. K. Semenov, S.-M. Seun, P. Shanahan, W. Smart, V. Smirnitsky, C. Smith, A. Sousa, B. Speakman, P. Stamoulis, P. A. Symes, N. Tagg, R. L. Talaga, E. Tetteh-Lartey, J. Thomas, J. Thompson, M. A. Thomson, J. L. Thron, G. Tinti, I. Trostin, V. A. Tsarev, G. Tzanakos, J. Urheim, P. Vahle, C. Velissaris, V. Verebryusov, B. Viren, C. P. Ward, D. R. Ward, M. Watabe, A. Weber, R. C. Webb, A. Wehmann, N. West, C. White, S. G. Wojcicki, D. M. Wright, Q. K. Wu, T. Yang, F. X. Yumiceva, H. Zheng, M. Zois, and R. Zwaska
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