Identifying the neutrino mass ordering with INO and NOvA

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Blennow, Mattias ^a   Schwetz, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neutrino Physics; Standard Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865200914     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2012)058     Document Type: Article

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