Energy-independent new physics in the flavour ratios of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Bustamante, M ^a,b   Gago, A M ^a   Pena Garay C ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^b FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; Discrete and Finite Symmetries; Neutrino Physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954939123     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2010)066     Document Type: Article

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