Reconciling leptogenesis with observable μ → eγ rates

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Blanchet, Steve ^a   Hambye, Thomas ^b   Josse Michaux, François Xavier ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954912432     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2010)023     Document Type: Article

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