Relic neutrino masses and the highest energy cosmic rays

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1083-1121

  Fodor, Zoltan ^a   Katz, Sandor D ^a,b   Ringwald, Andreas ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

High Energy Cosmic Rays; Neutrino Physics; Physics of the Early Universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044470957     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/06/046     Document Type: Article

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