Energy and angular distribution of upward ultrahigh-energy neutrinos and signals of low scale gravity: Role of tau decay

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 14-

  Hussain, Shahid ^a   McKay, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 2442718932     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.69.085004     Document Type: Article

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