Updated bounds on milli-charged particles

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 5 PART A, 2000, Pages

  Davidson, Sacha ^a   Hannestad, Steen ^b   Raffelt, Georg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORDITA   (Denmark)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Related Astrophysics (Neutron Stars, Supernovae etc.)

Indexed keywords

EID: 7644228478     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/05/003     Document Type: Review

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