Non-unitary leptonic mixing and leptogenesis

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Antusch, Stefan ^a   Blanchet, Steve ^b   Blennow, Mattias ^a   Fernandez Martinez, Enrique ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; CP violation; Neutrino physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954308952     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2010)017     Document Type: Article

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