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Volume 36, 2009
Dark Energy and Dark Matter: Observations, Experiments and Theories
Page(s) 193 - 195
DOI 10.1051/eas/0936027
Published online 30 May 2009

Dark Energy and Dark Matter: Observations, Experiments and Theories
E. Pécontal, T. Buchert, Ph. Di Stefano and Y. Copin (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 36 (2009) 193-195

DOI: 10.1051/eas/0936027

Fourth generation neutrinos as dark matter

S. Mohanty

Physical Research Laboratory, India


Published online: 30 May 2009

Abstract
A pseudo-Dirac neutrino of mass 50–100 GeV and mass splitting of 5 GeV can be a good candidate for dark matter. The number density of such dark matter should be close the the baryon density in order to get a dark matter density $\Omega_m \sim 0.25$. Production of heavy neutrinos by electro-weak sphaleron processes can ensure that the heavy neutrino asymmetry be of the same order as the baryon asymmetry. A mass splitting of the order.



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