Letter of interest for a neutrino beam from Protvino to KM3NeT/ORCA

• Published in: The European Physical Journal C
• Main Authors: Akindinov, A.V., Anassontzis, E.G., Anton, G., Ardid Ramírez, Miguel, Aublin, J., Baret, B., Bertin, V., Bourret, S., Bozza, C., Bruchner, M., Bruijn, R., Brunner, J., Chabab, M., Chau, N., Chepurnov, A.S., Poirè, Chiara
• Other Authors: Universitat Politècnica de València. Instituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integral de Zonas Costeras - Institut d'Investigació per a la Gestió Integral de Zones Costaneres, Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Física Aplicada - Departament de Física Aplicada, Agencia Estatal de Investigación
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag 2019
• Subjects: hist; phil; Orca; ren
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7259-5; http://hdl.handle.net/10251/160687

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