Leptogenesis in seesaw models with a two-fold-degenerate neutrino Dirac mass matrix

Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1073-1088

  Grimus, Walter ^a   Lavoura, Luís ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

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EID: 4544233123     PISSN: 09543899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0954-3899/30/9/008     Document Type: Article

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