Hard-thermal-loop corrections in leptogenesis II: Solving the Boltzmann equations

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Kießig, Clemens P ^a   Plümacher, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baryon asymmetry; Leptogenesis; Particle physics cosmology connection; Physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866280358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/09/012     Document Type: Article

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