Testing neutrino flavor mixing plus decay with neutrino telescopes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Maltoni, Michele ^a   Winter, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

High energy cosmic rays; Neutrino physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749140345     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/07/064     Document Type: Article

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