Constraining the cosmic radiation density due to lepton number with Big Bang Nucleosynthesis

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Mangano, Gianpiero ^a   Miele, Gennaro ^a,b   Pastor, Sergio ^c   Pisanti, Ofelia ^a,b   Sarikas, Srdjan ^a,b  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

big bang nucleosynthesis; cosmological neutrinos; neutrino properties; physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953667256     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/03/035     Document Type: Article

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