Constraining sterile neutrinos with AMANDA and IceCube atmospheric neutrino data

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Esmaili, Arman ^a,b   Halzen, Francis ^c   Peres, O L G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^d ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

neutrino detectors; neutrino properties; neutrino theory; solar and atmospheric neutrinos

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870272708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/11/041     Document Type: Article

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