Statistical tests of sterile neutrinos using cosmology and short-baseline data

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2014, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1-24

  Bergström, Johannes ^a   Gonzalez Garcia, M C ^a,b   Niro, V ^a   Salvado, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Neutrino Physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919905273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2014)104     Document Type: Article

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