Neutrino mass and μ → e + γ from a mini-seesaw

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Duerr, Michael ^a   George, Damien P ^b   McDonald, Kristian L ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b NIKHEF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Phenomenology of field theories in higher dimensions

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EID: 80053286860     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2011)103     Document Type: Article

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