Monochromatic neutrinos generated by dark matter and the seesaw mechanism

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Dudas, Emilian ^a   Mambrini, Yann ^b   Olive, Keith A ^c  

^a CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

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EID: 84929192606     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.075001     Document Type: Article

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