Thermal right-handed sneutrino dark matter in the F D-term model of hybrid inflation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Deppisch, Frank ^a   Pilaftsis, Apostolos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Supersymmetric effective theories

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EID: 84856389124     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/10/080     Document Type: Article

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