Neutrino mass hierarchy determination using reactor antineutrinos

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Ghoshal, Pomita ^a   Petcov, S T ^a,b,c  

^a SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Neutrino physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053191098     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2011)058     Document Type: Article

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