High-energy neutrino conversion and the lepton asymmetry in the universe

Physical Review D

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2001, Pages

  Lunardini, C ^a,b   Smirnov, A Yu ^c,d  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; COSMOS; DENSITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OSCILLATION; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 85038342157     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.64.073006     Document Type: Article

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