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637:Baikal-GVD
492:NA61/SHINE
477:MicroBooNE
142:References
933:Cancelled
753:Homestake
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487:MiniBooNE
336:Operating
40:neutrinos
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979:See also
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380:Borexino
342:neutrino
182:Archived
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904:Nucifer
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676:Retired
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429:Reactor
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344:source)
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279:ν
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130:Naming
106:, and
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76:mesons
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467:ANNIE
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375:BDUNT
360:ANITA
294:DONUT
136:MINOS
116:MINOS
104:MINOS
92:muons
84:kaons
80:pions
48:MINOS
26:, or
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914:SBND
894:LENA
869:nEXO
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813:NARC
793:LSND
763:IGEX
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698:CNGS
688:CDHS
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647:DUNE
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571:NEXT
538:0Ī½Ī²Ī²
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446:RENO
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28:NuMI
18:Numi
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884:INO
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788:KGF
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