Constraints on very light sterile neutrinos from θsensitive reactor experiments

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Palazzo, Antonio ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Neutrino physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892682946     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2013)172     Document Type: Article

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