Dark radiation and decaying matter

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Gonzalez Garcia, M C ^a,b   Niro, V ^a   Salvado, Jordi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Neutrino Physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876389568     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2013)052     Document Type: Article

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