Leptogenesis from a GeV seesaw without mass degeneracy

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Drewes, Marco ^a   Garbrecht, Björn ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Thermal Field Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876253749     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2013)096     Document Type: Article

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