The μ - e conversion in nuclei, μ → eγ, μ → 3e decays and TeV scale see-saw scenarios of neutrino mass generation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Dinh, D N ^a,b   Ibarra, A ^c   Molinaro, E ^d   Petcov, S T ^a,e  

^a SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Viet Nam)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; Neutrino Physics; Rare Decays

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865786816     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2012)125     Document Type: Article

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