Dark matter in the minimal inverse seesaw mechanism

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2014, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Abada, Asmaa ^a   Arcadi, Giorgio ^b   Lucente, Michele ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

dark matter theory; neutrino theory; physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907886414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2014/10/001     Document Type: Article

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