Sterile neutrinos in light of recent cosmological and oscillation data: A multi-flavor scheme approach

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Melchiorri, Alessandro ^a   Mena, Olga ^b   Palomares Ruiz, Sergio ^c   Pascoli, Silvia ^d   Slosar, Anze ^e   Sorel, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmological neutrinos; Neutrino properties; Physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649106788     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/01/036     Document Type: Article

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