Neutrino oscillation parameters from MINOS, ICARUS, and OPERA combined

Physical Review D

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Barger, V ^a   Gago, A M ^b,c,d   Marfatia, D ^a,e   Teves, W J C ^c   Wood, B P ^a   Funchal, R Zukanovich ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^e Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; NEUTRINO; OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; SIMULATION;

EID: 0036497119     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.65.053016     Document Type: Article

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