Dark matter, singlet extensions of the νmSM, and symmetries

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Allison, Kyle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Neutrino Physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878837078     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2013)009     Document Type: Article

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