Tree-level lepton universality violation in the presence of sterile neutrinos: Impact for R K and R π

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Abada, A ^a   Das, D ^a   Teixeira, A M ^b   Vicente, A ^a   Weiland, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; Kaon Physics; Neutrino Physics; Rare Decays

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873623612     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2013)048     Document Type: Article

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