Neutrino propagation in matter using the wave packet approach

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1-23

  Peltoniemi, Juha T ^a,b   Sipiläinen, Ville ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Department of Physics ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Neutrino physics; Solar and Atmospheric Neutrinos

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044233613     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/06/011     Document Type: Article

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