Probing Majorana neutrinos in rare π+ → e +e+μ-ν decays

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Cvetič, Gorazd ^a   Dib, Claudio ^a   Kim, C S ^b  

^a Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María   (Chile)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Neutrino physics; Rare decays

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864270375     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2012)149     Document Type: Article

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