Thermalisation of light sterile neutrinos in the early universe

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Hannestad, Steen ^a   Tamborra, Irene ^b   Tram, Thomas ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

cosmological neutrinos; neutrino theory; Particle physics cosmology connection; physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864432768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/07/025     Document Type: Article

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