Constraining sterile neutrinos with a low energy beta-beam

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Agarwalla, Sanjib K ^a   Huber, Patrick ^a   Link, Jonathan M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Neutrino physics

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EID: 77954999464     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2010)071     Document Type: Article

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