Neutrino masses at LHC: Minimal lepton flavour violation in Type-III see-saw

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Eboli O J P ^a   Gonzalez Fraile, J ^b   Gonzalez Garcia, M C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Neutrino physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255187303     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP12(2011)009     Document Type: Article

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