The magnetized steel and scintillator calorimeters of the MINOS experiment
D. G. Michael
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P. Adamson
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T. Alexopoulos
,
W. W. M. Allison
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G. J. Alner
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K. Anderson
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C. Andreopoulos
,
M. Andrews
,
R. Andrews
,
C. Arroyo
,
S. Avvakumov
,
D. S. Ayres
,
B. Baller
,
B. Barish
,
M. A. Barker
,
P. D. Barnes
,
G. Barr
,
W. L. Barrett
,
Edward Beall
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K. Bechtol
,
B. R. Becker
,
A. Belias
,
T. Bergfeld
,
R. H. Bernstein
,
D. Bhattacharya
,
M. Bishai
,
A. Blake
,
V. Bocean
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B. Bock
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G. J. Bock
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J. Boehm
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D. J. Boehnlein
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D. Bogert
,
P. M. Border
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C. Bower
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S. Boyd
,
E. Buckley-Geer
,
A. Byon-Wagner
,
A. Cabrera
(1)
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J. D. Chapman
,
T. R. Chase
,
S. K. Chernichenko
,
S. Childress
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B. C. Choudhary
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J. H. Cobb
,
S. J. Coleman
,
J. D. Cossairt
,
H. Courant
,
D. A. Crane
,
A. J. Culling
,
D. Damiani
,
J. W. Dawson
,
J. K. de Jong
,
D. M. Demuth
,
A. de Santo
,
M. Dierckxsens
,
M. V. Diwan
,
M. Dorman
,
G. Drake
,
R. Ducar
,
T. Durkin
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A. R. Erwin
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C. O. Escobar
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J. J. Evans
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O. D. Fackler
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E. Falk Harris
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G. J. Feldman
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N. Felt
,
T. H. Fields
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R. Ford
,
M. V. Frohne
,
H. R. Gallagher
,
M. Gebhard
,
A. Godley
,
J. Gogos
,
M. C. Goodman
,
Yu. Gornushkin
,
P. Gouffon
,
E. W. Grashorn
,
N. Grossman
,
J. J. Grudzinski
,
K. Grzelak
,
V. Guarino
,
A. Habig
,
R. Halsall
,
J. Hanson
,
D. Harris
,
P. G. Harris
,
J. Hartnell
,
E. P. Hartouni
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R. Hatcher
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K. Heller
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N. Hill
,
Y. Ho
,
C. Howcroft
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J. Hylen
,
M. Ignatenko
,
D. Indurthy
,
G. M. Irwin
,
C. James
,
L. Jenner
,
D. Jensen
,
T. Joffe-Minor
,
T. Kafka
,
H. J. Kang
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S. M. S. Kasahara
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J. Kilmer
,
H. Kim
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M. S. Kim
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G. Koizumi
,
S. Kopp
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M. Kordosky
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D. J. Koskinen
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M. Kostin
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S. K. Kotelnikov
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D. A. Krakauer
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S. Kumaratunga
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A. S. Ladran
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K. Lang
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C. Laughton
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A. Lebedev
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R. Lee
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W. Y. Lee
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M. A. Libkind
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J. Liu
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P. J. Litchfield
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R. P. Litchfield
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N. P. Longley
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Philippe Lucas
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W. Luebke
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S. Madani
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E. Maher
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V. Makeev
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W. A. Mann
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A. Marchionni
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A. D. Marino
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M. L. Marshak
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J. S. Marshall
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J. Mcdonald
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A. M. Mcgowan
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J. R. Meier
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G. I. Merzon
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M. D. Messier
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R. H. Milburn
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J. L. Miller
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W. H. Miller
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S. R. Mishra
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P. S. Miyagawa
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C. D. Moore
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J. Morfín
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R. Morse
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L. Mualem
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S. Mufson
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S. Murgia
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M. J. Murtagh
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J. Musser
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D. Naples
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C. Nelson
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J. K. Nelson
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H. B. Newman
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F. Nezrick
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R. J. Nichol
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T. C. Nicholls
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J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux
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J. Oliver
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W. P. Oliver
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V. A. Onuchin
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T. Osiecki
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R. Ospanov
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J. Paley
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V. Paolone
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A. Para
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T. Patzak
(1)
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Ž. Pavlović
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G. F. Pearce
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N. Pearson
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C. W. Peck
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C. Perry
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E. A. Peterson
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D. A. Petyt
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H. Ping
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R. Piteira
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A. Pla-Dalmau
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R. K. Plunkett
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L. E. Price
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M. Proga
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D. R. Pushka
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D. Rahman
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R. A. Rameika
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T. M. Raufer
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A. L. Read
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B. Rebel
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D. E. Reyna
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C. Rosenfeld
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H. A. Rubin
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K. Ruddick
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V. A. Ryabov
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R. Saakyan
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M. C. Sanchez
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N. Saoulidou
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J. Schneps
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P. V. Schoessow
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P. Schreiner
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R. Schwienhorst
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V. K. Semenov
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S.-M. Seun
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P. Shanahan
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P. D. Shield
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R. Shivane
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W. Smart
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V. Smirnitsky
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C. Smith
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P. N. Smith
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A. Sousa
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B. Speakman
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P. Stamoulis
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A. Stefanik
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P. Sullivan
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J. M. Swan
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P. A. Symes
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N. Tagg
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R. L. Talaga
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A. Terekhov
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E. Tetteh-Lartey
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J. Thomas
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J. Thompson
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M. A. Thomson
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J. L. Thron
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R. Trendler
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J. Trevor
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I. Trostin
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V. A. Tsarev
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G. Tzanakos
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J. Urheim
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P. Vahle
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M. Vakili
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K. Vaziri
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C. Velissaris
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V. Verebryusov
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B. Viren
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L. Wai
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C. P. Ward
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D. R. Ward
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M. Watabe
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A. Weber
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R. C. Webb
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A. Wehmann
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N. West
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C. White
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R. F. White
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S. G. Wojcicki
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D. M. Wright
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Q. K. Wu
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W. G. Yan
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T. Yang
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F. X. Yumiceva
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J. C. Yun
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H. Zheng
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M. Zois
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R. Zwaska
D. G. Michael
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P. Adamson
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T. Alexopoulos
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G. J. Alner
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K. Anderson
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C. Andreopoulos
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M. Andrews
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R. Andrews
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C. Arroyo
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S. Avvakumov
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D. S. Ayres
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B. Baller
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B. Barish
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M. A. Barker
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P. D. Barnes
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G. Barr
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W. L. Barrett
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Edward Beall
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K. Bechtol
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B. R. Becker
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A. Belias
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T. Bergfeld
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R. H. Bernstein
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D. Bhattacharya
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M. Bishai
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A. Blake
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V. Bocean
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B. Bock
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G. J. Bock
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J. Boehm
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D. J. Boehnlein
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D. Bogert
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P. M. Border
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C. Bower
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S. Boyd
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E. Buckley-Geer
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A. Byon-Wagner
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J. D. Chapman
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T. R. Chase
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S. K. Chernichenko
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S. Childress
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B. C. Choudhary
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J. H. Cobb
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S. J. Coleman
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J. D. Cossairt
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H. Courant
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D. A. Crane
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A. J. Culling
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D. Damiani
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J. W. Dawson
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J. K. de Jong
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D. M. Demuth
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A. de Santo
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M. Dierckxsens
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M. V. Diwan
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M. Dorman
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G. Drake
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R. Ducar
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T. Durkin
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A. R. Erwin
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C. O. Escobar
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J. J. Evans
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O. D. Fackler
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E. Falk Harris
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G. J. Feldman
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T. H. Fields
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R. Ford
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M. V. Frohne
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H. R. Gallagher
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M. Gebhard
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A. Godley
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J. Gogos
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M. C. Goodman
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Yu. Gornushkin
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P. Gouffon
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E. W. Grashorn
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N. Grossman
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J. J. Grudzinski
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K. Grzelak
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V. Guarino
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A. Habig
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R. Halsall
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J. Hanson
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D. Harris
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P. G. Harris
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J. Hartnell
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E. P. Hartouni
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R. Hatcher
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K. Heller
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N. Hill
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Y. Ho
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C. Howcroft
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J. Hylen
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M. Ignatenko
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A. Lebedev
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M. A. Libkind
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P. J. Litchfield
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E. Maher
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V. Makeev
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W. A. Mann
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A. Marchionni
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A. D. Marino
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M. L. Marshak
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J. S. Marshall
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J. Mcdonald
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A. M. Mcgowan
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J. R. Meier
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G. I. Merzon
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M. D. Messier
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R. H. Milburn
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P. S. Miyagawa
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C. D. Moore
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J. Morfín
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R. Morse
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S. Mufson
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C. Velissaris
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V. Verebryusov
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B. Viren
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L. Wai
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C. P. Ward
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D. R. Ward
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M. Watabe
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R. C. Webb
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A. Wehmann
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D. M. Wright
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Abstract
The Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (MINOS) experiment uses an accelerator-produced neutrino beam to perform precision measurements of the neutrino oscillation parameters in the "atmospheric neutrino" sector associated with muon neutrino disappearance. This long-baseline experiment measures neutrino interactions in Fermilab's NuMI neutrino beam with a near detector at Fermilab and again 735 km downstream with a far detector in the Soudan Underground Laboratory in northern Minnesota. The two detectors are magnetized steel-scintillator tracking calorimeters. They are designed to be as similar as possible in order to ensure that differences in detector response have minimal impact on the comparisons of event rates, energy spectra and topologies that are essential to MINOS measurements of oscillation parameters. The design, construction, calibration and performance of the far and near detectors are described in this paper.