Symmetries, large leptonic mixing and a fourth generation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 727-735

  Silva Marcos, Joaquim I ^a,b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Neutrino Physics; Standard Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044502538     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/12/036     Document Type: Article

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