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Design, construction and tests of the ICARUS T600 detector. / ICARUS Collaboration.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 527, No. 3, 21.07.2004, p. 329-410.

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ICARUS Collaboration 2004, 'Design, construction and tests of the ICARUS T600 detector', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 527, no. 3, pp. 329-410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2004.02.044

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ICARUS Collaboration (2004). Design, construction and tests of the ICARUS T600 detector. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 527(3), 329-410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2004.02.044

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ICARUS Collaboration. Design, construction and tests of the ICARUS T600 detector. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2004 Jul 21;527(3):329-410. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.02.044

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ICARUS Collaboration. / Design, construction and tests of the ICARUS T600 detector. In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2004 ; Vol. 527, No. 3. pp. 329-410.

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