Neutrino interactions at ultrahigh energies

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 1998, Pages

  Sarcevic, Ina ^d  

^a HARISH CHANDRA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 1542470896     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.58.093009     Document Type: Article

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