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Title: Significant Excess of Electronlike Events in the MiniBooNE Short-Baseline Neutrino Experiment

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters

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Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
Contributing Organization:
MiniBooNE; MiniBooNE Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001; AC02-06CH11357; AC02-07CH11359; SC0007859
OSTI ID:
1483346
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-18-219-AD-PPD-ND; LA-UR--18-24586; LA-UR-18-24586; arXiv:1805.12028; 221801
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 22 Vol. 121; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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