Blocking active-sterile neutrino oscillations in the early universe with a Majoron field

Physical Review D

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2001, Pages

  Bento, Luís ^a   Berezhiani, Zurab ^b,c,d  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA NUCLEAR DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^d ANDRONIKASHVILI INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

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ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MODEL; OSCILLATION; PHYSICS; PROBABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85038314126     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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