Damping signatures in future neutrino oscillation experiments

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1095-1125

  Blennow, Mattias ^a   Ohlsson, Tommy ^a   Winter, Walter ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neutrino Physics; Solar and Atmospheric Neutrinos

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144490532     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/06/049     Document Type: Article

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