PINGU and the neutrino mass hierarchy: Statistical and systematic aspects

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Capozzi, F ^a,b   Lisi, E ^b   Marrone, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

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EID: 84929179381     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.073011     Document Type: Article

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