Microwave background constraints on mixing of photons with hidden photons

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Mirizzi, Alessandro ^a   Redondo, Javier ^b   Sigl, Günter ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b DESY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CMBR theory; Cosmology of theories beyond the SM

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649113232     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/03/026     Document Type: Article

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