Dark radiation from particle decay: Cosmological constraints and opportunities

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Hasenkamp, Jasper ^a   Kersten, Jörn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

big bang nucleosynthesis; cosmology of theories beyond the SM; dark matter theory; particle physics cosmology connection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883643823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/08/024     Document Type: Article

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