Potential of optimized NOνA for large θ 13 & combined performance with a LArTPC & T2K

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Agarwalla, Sanjib Kumar ^a   Prakash, Suprabh ^b   Raut, Sushant K ^b,c   Sankar, S Uma ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^d TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

CP violation; Neutrino Physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878527789     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP12(2012)075     Document Type: Article

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