Phenomenology of dark matter from A4 flavorsymmetry

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Boucenna, M S ^a   Hirsch, M ^a   Morisi, S ^a   Peinado, E ^a   Taoso, M ^a   Valle, J W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; Discrete and finite symmetries; Neutrino physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053144637     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2011)037     Document Type: Article

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