Light sterile neutrinos in cosmology and short-baseline oscillation experiments

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Gariazzo, S ^a   Giunti, C ^a   Laveder, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; Neutrino physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895546456     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2013)211     Document Type: Review

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