Testing the stability of the solar neutrino LMA solution with a Bayesian analysis

Modern Physics Letters A

Volumn 21, Issue 30, 2006, Pages 2269-2281

  Chen, B L ^a   Ge, H L ^a   Giunti, C ^b   Liu, Q Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian probability theory; Neutrino mass; Neutrino mixing; Neutrino oscillations; Solar neutrinos

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750010721     PISSN: 02177323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217732306021608     Document Type: Article

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