Origin of Δn eff as a result of an interaction between dark radiation and dark matter

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Bjaelde, Eggers Ole ^a   Das, Subinoy ^b,c   Moss, Adam ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cosmological neutrinos; cosmological parameters from CMBR; cosmology of theories beyond the SM; dark matter theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868255857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/10/017     Document Type: Article

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