Improving electro-weak fits with TeV-scale sterile neutrinos

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Akhmedov, E ^a   Kartavtsev, A ^b   Lindner, M ^a   Michaels, L ^a   Smirnov, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; Neutrino Physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878857384     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2013)081     Document Type: Article

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