Constraints on the rare tau decays from μ → eγ in the supersymmetric see-saw model

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Ibarra, Alejandro ^a   Simonetto, Cristoforo ^b  

^a DESY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neutrino physics; Rare decays; Supersymmetry phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449118080     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/04/102     Document Type: Article

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