Constraining non-standard interactions of the neutrino with Borexino

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Agarwalla, Sanjib Kumar ^a   Lombardi, Francesco ^b   Takeuchi, Tatsu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; Neutrino Physics; Solar and Atmospheric Neutrinos

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878580724     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP12(2012)079     Document Type: Article

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