KeV sterile neutrino dark matter from singlet scalar decays: Basic concepts and subtle features

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2015, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Merle, Alexander ^a   Totzauer, Maximilian ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

cosmological neutrinos; cosmology of theories beyond the SM; dark matter theory; particle physics cosmology connection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937929869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2015/06/011     Document Type: Article

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