1-3 leptonic mixing and the neutrino oscillograms of the Earth

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Akhmedov, Evgeny Kh ^a   Maltoni, Michele ^b,c   Smirnov, Alexei Yu ^b,d  

^a ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

1 3 leptonic mixing; Matter effects; Neutrino oscillations

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547606300     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/05/077     Document Type: Article

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