Muonium-antimuonium oscillations and massive Majorana neutrinos

Modern Physics Letters A

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 297-306

  Clark, T E ^a   Love, S T ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Muonium; Neutrinos

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; FERMION; LEPTON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUON; NEUTRINO; OSCILLATION; POSITRON; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 1242330345     PISSN: 02177323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217732304013143     Document Type: Article

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