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Title: Are there sterile neutrinos?

Abstract

We update the hints of the existence of sterile neutrinos.

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  1. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510 (United States)
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OSTI Identifier:
22306111
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Journal Article
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Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings; Journal Volume: 1604; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: PPC 2013: 7. international conference on interconnections between particle physics and cosmology, Lead-Deadwood, SD (United States), 24 Jun - 6 Jul 2013; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; INTERACTIONS; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; NEUTRINOS

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Kayser, Boris. Are there sterile neutrinos?. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4883431.
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@article{osti_22306111,
title = {Are there sterile neutrinos?},
author = {Kayser, Boris},
abstractNote = {We update the hints of the existence of sterile neutrinos.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4883431},
journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
number = 1,
volume = 1604,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}
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DOI:  10.1063/1.4883431
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