Determining the neutrino mass hierarchy with INO, T2K, NOvA and reactor experiments

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Ghosh, Anushree ^a   Thakore, Tarak ^b   Choubey, Sandhya ^a  

^a HARISH CHANDRA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Neutrino Physics; Solar and Atmospheric Neutrinos

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876395033     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2013)009     Document Type: Article

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