Spontaneous Breaking of Lepton Number and the Cosmological Domain Wall Problem

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.151301

Title: Spontaneous Breaking of Lepton Number and the Cosmological Domain Wall Problem

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Authors:: Lazarides, George; Reig, Mario; Shafi, Qaisar; Srivastava, Rahul; Valle, José W. F.

Publication Date:: 2019-04-15

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1507190

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0013880

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 122 Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Lazarides, George, Reig, Mario, Shafi, Qaisar, Srivastava, Rahul, and Valle, José W. F. Spontaneous Breaking of Lepton Number and the Cosmological Domain Wall Problem.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
        Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.151301.

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                    Lazarides, George, Reig, Mario, Shafi, Qaisar, Srivastava, Rahul, & Valle, José W. F. Spontaneous Breaking of Lepton Number and the Cosmological Domain Wall Problem.  United States.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.151301.

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                    Lazarides, George, Reig, Mario, Shafi, Qaisar, Srivastava, Rahul, and Valle, José W. F. Mon .  
        "Spontaneous Breaking of Lepton Number and the Cosmological Domain Wall Problem".  United States.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.151301.

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