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Phenomenology of neutrino oscillations

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The phenomenology of solar, atmospheric, supernova and laboratory neutrino oscillations is described. Analytical formulae for matter effects are reviewed. The results from oscillations are confronted with neutrinoless double beta decay.

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Rajasekaran, G. Phenomenology of neutrino oscillations. Pramana - J Phys 55, 19–32 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-000-0080-7

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