Sterile neutrino fits to short-baseline neutrino oscillation measurements

Advances in High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Conrad, J M ^a   Ignarra, C M ^a   Karagiorgi, G ^b   Shaevitz, M H ^b   Spitz, J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

DATA SET; GOOD COMPATIBILITY; GOODNESS OF FIT; HIGH QUALITY; MINIBOONE; NEUTRINO MASS; NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS; OSCILLATION MEASUREMENTS; SHORT BASE LINES; STERILE NEUTRINOS;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 84875505470     PISSN: 16877357     EISSN: 16877365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/163897     Document Type: Review

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