Singlet fermionic dark matter and the electroweak phase transition

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Fairbairn, Malcolm ^a   Hogan, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883818091     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2013)022     Document Type: Article

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