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First Constraints on Light Sterile Neutrino Oscillations from Combined Appearance and Disappearance Searches with the MicroBooNE Detector

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1908002
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 2349405
OSTI ID: 1895402
OSTI ID: 1905223
OSTI ID: 1909563
OSTI ID: 2242415
OSTI ID: 2281524
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 130; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Publisher:
American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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