Big bang nucleosynthesis limit on Nν

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Lisi, E ^a   Sarkar, S ^b   Villante, F L ^c  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI FERRARA   (Italy)

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EID: 17144405709     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.59.123520     Document Type: Article

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