Ultra-high energy neutrino fluxes as a probe for non-standard physics

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Bhattacharya, Atri ^a   Choubey, Sandhya ^a   Gandhi, Raj ^a   Watanabe, Atsushi ^b  

^a HARISH CHANDRA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active galactic nuclei; Neutrino properties; Ultra high energy photons and neutrinos

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449272526     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/09/009     Document Type: Article

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