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First MINOS Results from the NuMI Beam

As of December 2005, the MINOS long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment collected data with an exposure of $0.93\times10^{20}$ protons on target. Preliminary analysis of these data reveals a result inconsistent with a no-oscillation…

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Exploring the Focusing Mechanism of the NuMI Horn Magnets

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Long-Range Lepton Flavor Interactions and Neutrino Oscillations

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Search for Lorentz invariance and CPT violation with muon antineutrinos in the MINOS Near Detector

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Analysis of a Large Sample of Neutrino-Induced Muons with the ArgoNeuT Detector

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Searching for Sterile Neutrinos with MINOS

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