Limit on sterile neutrino contribution from the Mainz Neutrino Mass Experiment

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Kraus, Christine ^a   Singer, Andrej ^b,c   Valerius, Kathrin ^b,d   Weinheimer, Christian ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c DESY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 84874039905     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: 14346052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2323-z     Document Type: Article

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