Probing the seesaw mechanism with neutrino data and leptogenesis

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 465-494

  Akhmedov, Evgeny Kh ^a,d   Frigerio, Michele ^b   Smirnov, Alexei Yu ^a,c  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^d KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Baryogenesis; Neutrino Physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 23144440957     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/09/021     Document Type: Article

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