Beta beams: Neutrino beams

Beta Beams: Neutrino Beams

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-154

  Lindroos, Mats ^a   Mezzetto, Mauro ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1142/P635     Document Type: Book

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