Requirements for a new detector at the South Pole receiving an accelerator neutrino beam

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Tang, Jian ^a   Winter, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Neutrino physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857814982     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2012)028     Document Type: Article

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