LeptonInjector and LeptonWeighter: A neutrino event generator and weighter for neutrino observatories
                        
                    - Award ID(s):
- 1913607
- PAR ID:
- 10284052
- Author(s) / Creator(s):
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- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Computer Physics Communications
- Volume:
- 266
- Issue:
- C
- ISSN:
- 0010-4655
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 108018
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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