Neutrino halo effect on collective neutrino oscillation in iron core-collapse supernova model of a 9.6 M ⊙ star
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10175218
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Volume:
- 2020
- Issue:
- 06
- ISSN:
- 1475-7516
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 011 to 011
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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