Neutrinoless double beta decay in the presence of light sterile neutrinos

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Girardi, I ^a,b   Meroni, A ^a,b   Petcov, S T ^a,b,c,d  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; CP violation; Neutrino physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896280821     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2013)146     Document Type: Article

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