KeV warm dark matter and composite neutrinos

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Robinson, Dean J ^a   Tsai, Yuhsin ^a  

^a Newman Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; Neutrino physics; Technicolor and composite models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865742523     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2012)161     Document Type: Article

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