Sterile neutrino production at small mixing in the early universe

Sterile neutrinos can be produced in the early universe via interactions with their active counterparts. For small active-sterile mixing angles, thermal equilibrium with the standard model plasma is not reached and sterile neutrinos are only produced via flavor oscillations. We study in detail this...

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Main Authors: Gonzalo Alonso-Álvarez, James M. Cline
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-10-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269322004129