Determination of the atmospheric neutrino fluxes from atmospheric neutrino data

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Gonzalez Garcia, Concepciòn ^a,b,c   Maltoni, Michele ^d,e   Rojo, Joan ^c,f  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f LPTHE   (France)

Author keywords

Neutrino Physics; Solar and Atmospheric Neutrinos

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846127159     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/10/075     Document Type: Review

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