Counting muons to probe the neutrino mass spectrum

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Lujan Peschard, Carolina ^a,b   Pagliaroli, Giulia ^a   Vissani, Francesco ^a,c  

^a LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^c GRAN SASSO SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Italy)

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EID: 84877609305     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: 14346052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2439-1     Document Type: Article

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