Charged-Lepton-Flavour Violation in the light of the Super-Kamiokande data

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 319-334

  Ellis, J ^a   Gomez M E ^b   Leontaris, G K ^a,c   Lola, S ^a   Nanopoulos, D V ^d,e,f  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HOUSTON ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

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EID: 0347999777     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100520000357     Document Type: Article

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