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Measurement of the L / E distributions of atmospheric ν in Soudan 2 and their interpretation as neutrino oscillations by Sanchez, M., Allison, W. W. M., Alner, G. J., Ayres, D. S., Barrett, W. L., Border, P. M., Cobb, J. H., Cockerill, D. J. A., Courant, H., Demuth, D. M., Fields, T. H., Gallagher, H. R., Goodman, M. C., Joffe-Minor, T., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Litchfield, P. J., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Milburn, R. H., Miller, W. H., Mualem, L., Nelson, J. K., Napier, A., Oliver, W. P., Pearce, G. F., Peterson, E. A., Petyt, D. A., Ruddick, K., Schneps, J., Sousa, A., Speakman, B., Thron, J. L., West, N.

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The NAIAD experiment for WIMP searches at Boulby mine and recent results by Ahmed, B, Alner, G.J, Araujo, H, Barton, J.C, Bewick, A, Carson, M.J, Davidge, D, Dawson, J.V, Gamble, T, Hart, S.P, Hollingworth, R, Howard, A.S, Jones, W.G, Joshi, M.K, Kudryavtsev, V.A, Lawson, T.B, Lebedenko, V, Lehner, M.J, Lewin, J.D, Lightfoot, P.K, Liubarsky, I, Lüscher, R, McMillan, J.E, Morgan, B, Nicklin, G, Paling, S.M, Preece, R.M, Quenby, J.J, Roberts, J.W, Robinson, M, Smith, N.J.T, Smith, P.F, Spooner, N.J.C, Sumner, T.J, Tovey, D.R

“…The NAIAD experiment (NaI Advanced Detector) for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter searches at Boulby mine (UK) is described. The detector…”
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The DRIFT-I dark matter detector at Boulby: design, installation and operation by Alner, G.J., Araujo, H., Ayad, R., Bewick, A., Burwell, J., Carson, M.J., Chen, C., Davies, J.C., Dawson, J., Gamble, T., Garcia, M., Heidecker, J., Howard, A.S., Katz-Hyman, M., Jones, W.G., Kirkpatrick, J., Kudryavtsev, V.A., Lawson, T.B., Lebedenko, V., Lehner, M.J., Lewin, J.D., Lightfoot, P.K., Liubarsky, I., Lüscher, R., McMillan, J.E., Martoff, C.J., Morgan, B., Mulholland, J., Nicklin, G., Ohnuki, T., Paling, S.M., Petkov, A., Preece, R.M., Quenby, J.J., Roberts, J.W., Robinson, M., Rykoff, E., Sanders, A., Snowden-Ifft, D.P., Smith, N.J.T., Smith, P.F., Spooner, N.J.C., Sumner, T.J., Tovey, D.R., Villaume, N., Walker, R.

“…DRIFT-I, the first full-scale gaseous dark matter detector, has recently been installed at ∼1100 m depth at the Boulby Underground Laboratory, UK. The DRIFT…”
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NaI dark matter limits and the NAIAD array – a detector with improved sensitivity to WIMPs using unencapsulated NaI by Spooner, N.J.C., Kudryavtsev, V.A., Peak, C.D., Lightfoot, P.K., Lawson, T.B., Lehner, M.J., McMillan, J.E., Roberts, J.W., Tovey, D.R., Smith, N.J.T., Smith, P.F., Lewin, J.D., Homer, G.J., Alner, G.J., Sumner, T.J., Bewick, A., Jones, W.G., Quenby, J.J., Liubarsky, I., Barton, J.C.

“…Re-analysis of published data from the UKDMC NaI(Tl) dark matter experiment is presented using latest spin factors and comparison is made with the sensitivity…”
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The MINOS scintillator calorimeter system by Adamson, P., Alexandrov, K., Anderson, B., Anderson, D.F., Andreopoulos, C., Arroyo, C., Avignone, E., Ayres, D.S., Barsh, B., Barrett, W.L., Bilenky, S., Boehnlein, D.J., Bogert, D., Border, P.M., Buckley-Geer, E., Byon-Wagner, A., Chernichenko, S., Childress, S., Cohee, A., Courant, H., DeSanto, A., Drake, G., Ducar, R., Durkin, T., Edgecock, R., Eichblatt, S., Erwin, A., Fields, T.H., Gebhard, M., Gilitsky, Yu, Giokaris, N., Goodman, M.C., Gornushkin, Yu, Grossman, N., Grudzinski, J.J., Guo, J., Gutnikov, Yu, Halsall, R., Harris, P.G., Hartouni, E., Hayden, S., Heinz, R., Heller, K., Hill, N., Ignatenko, M., Joffe-Minor, T., Kasahara, S.M.S., Katsavounidis, E., Kilmer, J., Kochetkov, V., Kopp, S., Kordosky, M., Krumstein, Z., Kulik, A., Lai, Y.F., Laughton, C., Lebedev, A., Lee, R., Litchfield, P.J., Liu, J., Longley, N.P., Lucas, P., Madani, S., Marchionni, A., McDonald, J., Melnikov, E., Merzon, G.I., Miller, W.H., Mishra, S.R., Miyagawa, P.S., Mofin, J., Mualem, L., Mufson, S., Murtagh, M., Napier, A., Nelson, C., Nicholls, T.C., Oliver, J., Onuchin, V., Para, A., Patzak, T., Pearce, G.F., Pearson, N., Peck, C.W., Perry, C., Peterson, E.A., Price, L.E., Pushka, D.R., Rameika, R.A., Read, A.L., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Ryabov, V.A., Saakyan, R., Sanchez, M., Schoessow, P.V., Semenov, V., Sisakian, A., Smart, W., Smith, P.N.

“…The MINOS (Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search) detectors will use extruded plastic scintillator strips, which are read out by wavelength-shifting fibers…”
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Improved dark matter limits from pulse shape discrimination in a low background sodium iodide detector at the Boulby mine by Smith, P.F., Arnison, G.T.J., Homer, G.J., Lewin, J.D., Alner, G.J., Spooner, N.J.C., Quenby, J.J., Sumner, T.J., Bewick, A., Li, J.P., Shaul, D., Ali, T., Jones, W.G., Smith, N.J.T., Davies, G.J., Lally, C.H., van den Putte, M.J., Barton, J.C., Blake, P.R.

“…We report new limits on nuclear scattering events resulting from Galactic dark matter in the form of hypothetical weakly interacting massive particles. By…”
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Observation of a shadow of the Moon in the underground muon flux in the Soudan 2 detector by Cobb, J. H., Marshak, M. L., Allison, W. W. M., Alner, G. J., Ayres, D. S., Barrett, W. L., Bode, C., Border, P. M., Brooks, C. B., Cotton, R. J., Courant, H., Demuth, D. M., Fields, T. H., Gallagher, H. R., Goodman, M. C., Gran, R., Joffe-Minor, T., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Leeson, W., Litchfield, P. J., Longley, N. P., Mann, W. A., Milburn, R. H., Miller, W. H., Moon, C., Mualem, L., Napier, A., Oliver, W. P., Pearce, G. F., Peterson, E. A., Petyt, D. A., Price, L. E., Ruddick, K., Sanchez, M., Sankey, P., Schneps, J., Schub, M. H., Seidlein, R., Stassinakis, A., Thron, J. L., Vassiliev, V., Villaume, G., Wakely, S. P., West, N., Wall, D.

“…A shadow of the Moon, with a statistical significance of 5{sigma}, has been observed in the underground muon flux at a depth of 2090 mwe using the Soudan 2…”
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Horizontal muons and a search for AGN neutrinos in Soudan 2 by DeMuth, D, Alner, G.J, Ayres, D, Barrett, W.L, Border, P, Cockerill, D.J.A, Cobb, J.H, Courant, H, Fields, T, Gallagher, H, Goodman, M.C, Gran, R, Joffe-Minor, T, Kafka, T, Kasahara, S, Litchfield, P.J, Mann, W.A, Marshak, M, Milburn, R, Miller, W, Mualem, L, Napier, A, Oliver, W, Pearce, G.F, Peterson, E, Petyt, D, Ruddick, K, Sanchez, M, Schneps, J, Sousa, A, Speakman, B, Thron, J, Trost, H.J, Uretsky, J, Villaume, G, West, N

“…We measure the horizontal (|cos( θ z )|<0.14 corresponding to a slant depth cut 14 kmwe) neutrino-induced muon flux ( E μ>1.8 GeV) in Soudan 2 to be 4.01 ±…”
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Study of cosmic ray composition in the knee region using multiple muon events in the Soudan 2 detector by Kasahara, S. M., Allison, W. W. M., Alner, G. J., Ayres, D. S., Barrett, W. L., Bode, C. R., Border, P. M., Brooks, C. B., Cobb, J. H., Cockerill, D. J. A., Cotton, R. J., Courant, H., DeMuth, D. M., Ewen, B., Fields, T. H., Gallagher, H. R., Goodman, M. C., Gran, R. W., Gray, R. N., Johns, K., Kafka, T., Leeson, W., Litchfield, P. J., Longley, N. P., Lowe, M. J., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., May, E. N., Milburn, R. H., Miller, W. H., Mualem, L., Napier, A., Oliver, W., Pearce, G. F., Peterson, E. A., Price, L. E., Roback, D. M., Ruddick, K., Schmid, D. J., Schneps, J., Schub, M. H., Seidlein, R. V., Shupe, M. A., Sundaralingam, N., Thron, J. L., Trost, H. J., Uretsky, J. L., Vassiliev, V., Villaume, G., Wakely, S. P., Wall, D., Werkema, S. J., West, N.

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Results from the first stage of a UK Galactic dark matter search using low background sodium iodide detectors by Quenby, J.J., Sumner, T.J., Li, J.P., Bewick, A., Grant, S.M., Shaul, D., Smith, N.J.T., Jones, W.G., Davies, G.J., Zammit, C.C., Caplin, A.D., Stradling, R.A., Ali, T., Lally, C.H., Smith, P.F., Homer, G.J., Arnison, G.T.J., Lewin, J.D., Alner, G.J., Cruise, A.M., van den Putte, M.J.J., Spooner, N.J.C., Barton, J.C., Blake, P.R., Lea, M.J., Stefanyi, P., Saunders, J.

“…Low-energy background spectra from 1.3 kg and 6.2 kg NaI(TI) crystal scintillators operating in the shielded Boulby underground facility were measured. Upper…”
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New limits to Galactic cold dark matter interaction rates by Quenby, J.J., Sumner, T.J., Bewick, A., Li, J.P., Shaul, D., Smith, N.J.T., Jones, W.G., Davies, G.J., Ali, T., Lally, C.H., Joshi, M.K., Smith, P.F., Homer, G.J., Arnison, G.T.J., Lewin, J.D., Alner, G.J., van den Putte, M.J.T., Spooner, N.J.C., Barton, J.C., Blake, P.R.

“…Analysis is reported of a 6 month run with a 6.2 kg NaI detector deployed in a well shielded underground laboratory to search for signatures of cold dark…”
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Scaling of pseudorapidity distributions at c.m. energies up to 0.9 TeV by Alner, G. J., Ansorge, R. E., sman, B., Booth, C. N., Burow, L., Carlson, P., DeWolf, R. S., Drees, A., Eckart, B., Ekspong, G., Evangelou, I., Eyring, A., Fabre, J. -P., Fuglesang, C., Gaudaen, J., Geich-Gimbel, C., Holl, B., Hospes, R., Johnson, D. P., Jon-And, K., Lotse, F., Manthos, N., Meinke, R., Munday, D. J., Ovens, J. E. V., Pelzer, W., Reidy, J. J., Rushbrooke, J. C., Schmickler, H., Triantis, F., hamme, L., Walck, C., Ward, C. P., Ward, D. R., Webber, C. J. S., White, T. O., Wilquet, G., Yamdagni, N.

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New dark matter limits from the Boulby NaI detectors by Spooner, N.J.C., Smith, P.F., Arnison, G.T.J., Homer, G.J., Lewin, J.D., Alner, G.J., van den Putte, M.J., Quenby, J.J., Sumner, T.J., Bewick, A., Li, J., Shaul, D., Ali, T., Jones, W.G., Smith, N.J.T., Davies, G.J., Lally, C.H., Barton, J.C., Blake, P.

“…Using pulse shape analysis of data from 173 operating days of our 6.2 kg NaI detector in the energy range 7–10 keV we present new limits on weakly interacting…”
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Search for neutron-antineutron oscillations using multiprong events in Soudan 2 by Chung, J., Allison, W. W. M., Alner, G. J., Ayres, D. S., Barrett, W. L., Border, P. M., Cobb, J. H., Courant, H., Demuth, D. M., Fields, T. H., Gallagher, H. R., Goodman, M. C., Gran, R., Joffe-Minor, T., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Litchfield, P. J., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Milburn, R. H., Miller, W. H., Mualem, L., Napier, A., Oliver, W. P., Pearce, G. F., Peterson, E. A., Petyt, D. A., Ruddick, K., Sanchez, M., Schneps, J., Sousa, A., Speakman, B., Thron, J. L., Wakely, S. P., West, N.

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Antiproton-proton cross sections at 200 and 900 GeV c.m. energy by Alner, G. J., Ansorge, R. E., sman, B., Booth, C. N., Burow, L., Carlson, P., DeClercq, C., DeWolf, R. S., Drees, A., Eckart, B., Ekspong, G., Evangelou, I., Eyring, A., Fabre, J. -P., Fr bel, L., Fuglesang, C., Gaudaen, J., Geich-Gimbel, C., Holl, B., Holtey, G., Hospes, R., Jon-And, K., Kokott, Th, Lotse, F., Manthos, N., Meinke, R., Munday, D. J., Ovens, J. E. V., Pelzer, W., Reidy, J. J., Rushbrooke, J. G., Schmickler, H., Triantis, F., hamme, L., Walck, Ch, Ward, C. P., Ward, D. R., Webber, C. J. S., White, T. O., Wilquet, G., Yamdagni, N.

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Status of ZEPLIN II and ZEPLIN IV study by Cline, D.B., Seo, Y., Sergiampietri, F., Wang, H., White, J.T., Gao, J., Picchi, P., Mannocchi, G., Periale, L., Pietropaolo, F., Alner, G.J., Hart, S.P., Lewin, J.D., Preece, R.M., Smith, P.F., Smith, N.J.T., Spooner, N.J.C., Tovey, D.R., Quenby, J.J., Sumner, T.J., Jones, W.G., Liubarsky, I.

“…We discribe the construction status of ZEPLIN II detector, a 30-kg two-phase discriminating xenon detector to be installed in Boulby Mine, UK, for the direct…”
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Neutrino astroparticle physics at Boulby Mine by Luscher, R., Alner, G.J., Bewick, A., Cartwright, S.L., Kudryavtsev, V.A., Lightfoot, P.K., Liubarsky, I., Marshall, R., Roberts, J.W., Smith, N.J.T., Smith, P.F., Spooner, N.J.C., Yeoman, L.M.

“…Thanks to new funding, the Boulby Mine Underground Laboratories are undergoing a significant expansion. These improvements have been designed primarily to meet…”
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The potential of liquid xenon for WIMP search: the ZEPLIN diagnostic array by Lüscher, R., Ahmed, B., Ali, T., Alner, G.J., Barton, J.C., Bewick, A., Davidge, D., Dawson, J.V., Gamble, T., Hart, S.T., Howard, A.S., Ivaniouchenkov, I., Jones, W.G., Joshi, M.K., Kudryavtsev, V.A., Lawson, T., Lebedenko, V., Lehner, M.J., Lewin, J.D., Lightfoot, P.K., Liubarsky, I., McMillan, J.E., Peak, C.D., Preece, R.M., Quenby, J.J., Roberts, J.W., Smith, N.J.T., Smith, P.F., Spooner, N.C.J., Summer, T., Tovey, D.R.

“…A Liquid Xenon based WIMP detector diagnostic array is currently developed by the UKDMC with the help of international collaborators. After a brief reminder on…”
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Recent results of the dark matter search with NaI(T1) detectors at boulby mine by Ahmed, B., Alnerb, G.J., Barton, J.C., Bewick, A., Carson, M.J., Davidge, D., Dawson, J.V., Gamble, T., Hart, S.P., Hollingworth, R., Howard, A.S., Jones, W.G., Joshi, M.K., Kudryavtsev, V.A., Lawson, T.B., Lebedenko, V., Lehner, M.J., Lewin, J.D., Lightfoot, P.K., Liubaxsky, I., Lüscher, R., McMillan, J.E., Morgan, B., Nicklin, G., Paling, S.M., Preece, R.M., Quenby, J.J., Roberts, J.W., Robinson, M., Smith, N.J.T., Smith, P.F., Spoone, N.J.C., Sumner, T.J., Tovey, D.R.

“…The NAIAD (NaI Advanced Detector) experiment for WIMP dark matter searches at Boulby Mine (UK) is described. The detector consists of an array of encapsulated…”
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Current limits on the cold dark matter interaction cross section obtained by the UK collaboration by Sumner, T.J., Quenby, J.J., Bewick, A., Smith, N.J.T., Jones, W.G., Ali, T., Ahmed, B., Davidge, D., Davies, G.J., Howard, A., Joshi, M.K., Smith, P.F., Homer, G.J., Arnison, G.T.J., Lewin, J.D., Alner, G.J., Spooner, N.J., Thompson, L., Sellin, P., Walker, S., Roberts, J., Peak, C., Barton, J.C.

“…The UK Dark Matter Collaboration has run a 5–6 kg NaI detector in a well-shielded underground environment for about a year. Signatures of Cold Dark Matter…”
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