First measurement of muon-neutrino disappearance in NOvA
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P. Adamson, C. Ader, M. Andrews, N. Anfimov, I. Anghel, 1 K. Arms, E. Arrieta-Diaz, A. Aurisano, D. Ayres, C. Backhouse, M. Baird, B. A. Bambah, K. Bays, R. Bernstein, M. Betancourt, V. Bhatnagar, B. Bhuyan, J. Bian, K. Biery, T. Blackburn, V. Bocean, D. Bogert, A. Bolshakova, M. Bowden, C. Bower, D. Broemmelsiek, C. Bromberg, G. Brunetti, X. Bu, A. Butkevich, D. Capista, E. Catano-Mur, T. R. Chase, S. Childress, B. C. Choudhary, B. Chowdhury, T. E. Coan, J. A. B. Coelho, M. Colo, J. Cooper, L. Corwin, D. Cronin-Hennessy, A. Cunningham, G. S. Davies, J. P. Davies, M. Del Tutto, P. F. Derwent, K. N. Deepthi, D. Demuth, S. Desai, G. Deuerling, A. Devan, J. Dey, R. Dharmapalan, P. Ding, S. Dixon, Z. Djurcic, E. C. Dukes, H. Duyang, R. Ehrlich, G. J. Feldman, N. Felt, E. J. Fenyves, ∗ E. Flumerfelt, S. Foulkes, M. J. Frank, W. Freeman, M. Gabrielyan, H. R. Gallagher, M. Gebhard, T. Ghosh, W. Gilbert, A. Giri, S. Goadhouse, R. A. Gomes, L. Goodenough, M. C. Goodman, V. Grichine, N. Grossman, R. Group, J. Grudzinski, V. Guarino, B. Guo, A. Habig, T. Handler, J. Hartnell, R. Hatcher, A. Hatzikoutelis, K. Heller, C. Howcroft, J. Huang, X. Huang, J. Hylen, M. Ishitsuka, F. Jediny, C. Jensen, D. Jensen, C. Johnson, H. Jostlein, G. K. Kafka, Y. Kamyshkov, S. M. S. Kasahara, S. Kasetti, K. Kephart, G. Koizumi, S. Kotelnikov, I. Kourbanis, Z. Krahn, V. Kravtsov, A. Kreymer, Ch. Kulenberg, A. Kumar, T. Kutnink, R. Kwarciancy, J. Kwong, K. Lang, A. Lee, W. M. Lee, K. Lee, S. Lein, J. Liu, M. Lokajicek, J. Lozier, Q. Lu, P. Lucas, S. Luchuk, P. Lukens, G. Lukhanin, S. Magill, K. Maan, W. A. Mann, M. L. Marshak, M. Martens, J. Martincik, P. Mason, K. Matera, M. Mathis, V. Matveev, N. Mayer, E. McCluskey, R. Mehdiyev, H. Merritt, M. D. Messier, H. Meyer, T. Miao, D. Michael, ∗ S. P. Mikheyev, ∗ W. H. Miller, S. R. Mishra, R. Mohanta, A. Moren, L. Mualem, M. Muether, S. Mufson, J. Musser, H. B. Newman, J. K. Nelson, E. Niner, A. Norman, J. Nowak, Y. Oksuzian, A. Olshevskiy, J. Oliver, T. Olson, J. Paley, P. Pandey, A. Para, R. B. Patterson, G. Pawloski, N. Pearson, D. Perevalov, D. Pershey, E. Peterson, R. Petti, S. Phan-Budd, L. Piccoli, A. Pla-Dalmau, R. K. Plunkett, R. Poling, B. Potukuchi, F. Psihas, D. Pushka, X. Qiu, N. Raddatz, A. Radovic, R. A. Rameika, R. Ray, B. Rebel, R. Rechenmacher, B. Reed, R. Reilly, D. Rocco, D. Rodkin, K. Ruddick, R. Rusack, V. Ryabov, K. Sachdev, S. Sahijpal, H. Sahoo, O. Samoylov, M. C. Sanchez, 1 N. Saoulidou, P. Schlabach, J. Schneps, R. Schroeter, J. Sepulveda-Quiroz, 1 P. Shanahan, B. Sherwood, A. Sheshukov, J. Singh, V. Singh, A. Smith, D. Smith, J. Smolik, N. Solomey, A. Sotnikov, A. Sousa, K. Soustruznik, Y. Stenkin, M. Strait, L. Suter, R. L. Talaga, M. C. Tamsett, S. Tariq, P. Tas, R. J. Tesarek, R. B. Thayyullathil, K. Thomsen, X. Tian, S. C. Tognini, R. Toner, J. Trevor, G. Tzanakos, ∗ J. Urheim, P. Vahle, L. Valerio, L. Vinton, T. Vrba, A. V. Waldron, B. Wang, Z. Wang, A. Weber, 30 A. Wehmann, D. Whittington, N. Wilcer, R. Wildberger, D. Wildman, ∗ K. Williams, S. G. Wojcicki, K. Wood, M. Xiao, T. Xin, N. Yadav, S. Yang, S. Zadorozhnyy, J. Zalesak, B. Zamorano, A. Zhao, J. Zirnstein, and R. Zwaska
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