The antineutrino energy structure in reactor experiments

Advances in High Energy Physics

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Novella, Pau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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CURRENT MODELING; DAYA BAY; ENERGY SPECTRUM; ENERGY STRUCTURES; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; MOST LIKELY; POSITRON ENERGY; SPECTRA'S; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84956955668     PISSN: 16877357     EISSN: 16877365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/364392     Document Type: Review

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