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The Standard Model (SM) of particle physics represents today our deepest comprehension of Nature in terms of fundamental constituents and interactions among them. However there are a few striking observations that are not explained by the SM.
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Biondini, S. (2017). Introduction. In: Effective Field Theories for Heavy Majorana Neutrinos in a Thermal Bath. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63901-7_1
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