Ultrahigh energy neutrino interactions and weak-scale string theories

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1-6

  Kachelriess, M ^a   Plumacher M ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 17044427200     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.62.103006     Document Type: Article

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