Measurement of the underground atmospheric muon charge ratio using the MINOS Near Detector
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P. Adamson, C. Andreopoulos, D. J. Auty, D. S. Ayres, C. Backhouse, G. Barr, W. L. Barrett, P. Bhattarai, M. Bishai, A. Blake, G. J. Bock, D. J. Boehnlein, D. Bogert, S. Budd, S. Cavanaugh, D. Cherdack, S. Childress, B. C. Choudhary, J. A. B. Coelho, S. J. Coleman, L. Corwin, D. Cronin-Hennessy, D. Damiani, I. Z. Danko, J. K. de Jong, N. E. Devenish, M.V. Diwan, M. Dorman, C. O. Escobar, J. J. Evans, E. Falk, G. J. Feldman, T. H. Fields, M.V. Frohne, H. R. Gallagher, R. A. Gomes, M. C. Goodman, P. Gouffon, N. Graf, R. Gran, N. Grant, K. Grzelak, A. Habig, D. Harris, P. G. Harris, J. Hartnell, R. Hatcher, A. Himmel, A. Holin, X. Huang, J. Hylen, J. Ilic, G.M. Irwin, Z. Isvan, D. E. Jaffe, C. James, D. Jensen, T. Kafka, S.M. S. Kasahara, G. Koizumi, S. Kopp, M. Kordosky, Z. Krahn, A. Kreymer, K. Lang, G. Lefeuvre, J. Ling, P. J. Litchfield, L. Loiacono, P. Lucas, W.A. Mann, M. L. Marshak, N. Mayer, A.M. McGowan,1,x R. Mehdiyev, J. R. Meier, M.D. Messier, D. G. Michael,* 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, J. A. Nowak, W. P. Oliver, M. Orchanian, J. Paley, R. B. Patterson, G. Pawloski, G. F. Pearce, R. Pittam, R. K. Plunkett, X. Qiu, J. Ratchford, T.M. Raufer, B. Rebel, J. Reichenbacher,1,k P.A. Rodrigues, C. Rosenfeld, H. A. Rubin, V. A. Ryabov, M.C. Sanchez, N. Saoulidou, J. Schneps, P. Schreiner, P. Shanahan, A. Sousa, M. Strait, N. Tagg, R. L. Talaga, J. Thomas, M.A. Thomson, G. Tinti, R. Toner, G. Tzanakos, J. Urheim, P. Vahle, B. Viren, A. Weber, R. C. Webb, C. White, L. Whitehead, S. G. Wojcicki, D.M. Wright, T. Yang, and R. Zwaska
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