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We suggest a possible explanation of the reactor antineutrino anomaly derived from a covariant quantum field-theoretical approach to neutrino oscillations. Some disadvantages of the currently prevailing interpretation of the anomaly, based upon the sterile neutrino hypothesis are pointed out.
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Naumov, D.V., Naumov, V.A. & Shkirmanov, D.S. Quantum field theoretical description of neutrino oscillations and reactor antineutrino anomaly. Phys. Part. Nuclei 48, 1007–1010 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779617060430
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