Re-evaluation of the T2KK physics potential with simulations including backgrounds

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Hagiwara, Kaoru ^a,b   Okamura, Naotoshi ^a  

^a HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neutrino Physics; Standard Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350037553     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/07/031     Document Type: Article

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