Signature of sterile species in atmospheric neutrino data at neutrino telescopes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Choubey, Sandhya ^a  

^a HARISH CHANDRA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Neutrino physics; Solar and atmospheric neutrinos

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049063620     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/12/014     Document Type: Article

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