Dark matter induced nucleon decay: Model and signatures

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2014, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Huang, Junwu ^a   Zhao, Yue ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Rare decays

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901426535     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2014)077     Document Type: Article

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