Boltzmann equation for non-equilibrium particles and its application to non-thermal dark matter production

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hamaguchi, Koichi ^a   Moroi, Takeo ^a   Mukaida, Kyohei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Thermal Field Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857245750     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2012)083     Document Type: Article

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