Systematic uncertainties in the analysis of the reactor neutrino anomaly

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 112, Issue 20, 2014, Pages

  Hayes, A C ^a   Friar, J L ^a   Garvey, G T ^a   Jungman, Gerard ^a   Jonkmans, G ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; NEUTRONS;

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; FORBIDDEN DECAYS; FORBIDDEN TRANSITIONS; NEUTRINO PHYSICS; OSCILLATION ANALYSIS; SHORT BASE LINES; SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTIES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84901399610     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.202501     Document Type: Article

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