Detecting sterile neutrinos with KATRIN like experiments

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Riis, Anna Sejersen ^a,b   Hannestad, Steen ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

neutrino experiments; neutrino theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952588855     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/02/011     Document Type: Article

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