Collisional production of sterile neutrinos via secret interactions and cosmological implications
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Alessandro Mirizzi, Gianpiero Mangano, Ofelia Pisanti, 3 and Ninetta Saviano II Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, Department of Physics, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom (Dated: December 17, 2014)
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