@article{3156726,
    title = "Comparisons of annual modulations in MINOS with the event rate
modulation in CoGeNT",
    author = "Adamson, P. and Anghel, I. and Barr, G. and Bishai, M. and Blake, A. and and Bock, G. J. and Bogert, D. and Cao, S. V. and Childress, S. and Coelho, and J. A. B. and Corwin, L. and Cronin-Hennessy, D. and de Jong, J. K. and and Devan, A. V. and Devenish, N. E. and Diwan, M. V. and Escobar, C. O. and and Evans, J. J. and Falk, E. and Feldman, G. J. and Frohne, M. V. and and Gallagher, H. R. and Gomes, R. A. and Goodman, M. C. and Gouffon, P. and and Graf, N. and Gran, R. and Grzelak, K. and Habig, A. and Hartnell, J. and and Hatcher, R. and Himmel, A. and Holin, A. and Hylen, J. and Irwin, G. M. and and Isvan, Z. and Jaffe, D. E. and James, C. and Jensen, D. and Kafka, and T. and Kasahara, S. M. S. and Koizumi, G. and Kopp, S. and Kordosky, M. and and Kreymer, A. and Lang, K. and Ling, J. and Litchfield, P. J. and and Lucas, P. and Mann, W. A. and Marshak, M. L. and Mathis, M. and Mayer, and N. and McGowan, A. M. and Medeiros, M. M. and Mehdiyev, R. and Meier, J. and R. and Messier, M. D. and Miller, W. H. and Mishra, S. R. and Sher, S. and Moed and Moore, C. D. and Mualem, L. and Musser, J. and Naples, D. and and Nelson, J. K. and Newman, H. B. and Nichol, R. J. and Nowak, J. A. and and O'Connor, J. and Oliver, W. P. and Orchanian, M. and Pahlka, R. B. and and Paley, J. and Patterson, R. B. and Pawloski, G. and Phan-Budd, S. and and Plunkett, R. K. and Qiu, X. and Radovic, A. and Rebel, B. and Rosenfeld, and C. and Rubin, H. A. and Sanchez, M. C. and Schneps, J. and and Schreckenberger, A. and Schreiner, P. and Sharma, R. and Sousa, A. and and Tagg, N. and Talaga, R. L. and Thomas, J. and Thomson, M. A. and Toner, and R. and Torretta, D. and Tzanakos, G. and Urheim, J. and Vahle, P. and and Viren, B. and Weber, A. and Webb, R. C. and White, C. and Whitehead, L. and and Wojcicki, S. G. and Zwaska, R. and MINOS Collaboration",
    journal = "Physical Review D",
    year = "2013",
    volume = "87",
    number = "3",
    publisher = "AMER PHYSICAL SOC",
    issn = "2470-0010, 2470-0029",
    doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.87.032005",
    abstract = "The CoGeNT Collaboration has recently published results from a fifteen
month data set which indicate an annual modulation in the event rate
similar to what is expected from weakly interacting massive particle
interactions. It has been suggested that the CoGeNT modulation may
actually be caused by other annually modulating phenomena, specifically
the flux of atmospheric muons underground or the radon level in the
laboratory. We have compared the phase of the CoGeNT data modulation to
that of the concurrent atmospheric muon and radon data collected by the
MINOS experiment which occupies an adjacent experimental hall in the
Soudan Underground Laboratory. The results presented are obtained by
performing a shape-free chi(2) data-to-data comparison and from a
simultaneous fit of the MINOS and CoGeNT data to phase-shifted
sinusoidal functions. Both tests indicate that the phase of the CoGeNT
modulation is inconsistent with the phases of the MINOS muon and radon
modulations at the 3.0 sigma level. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.032005"
}