Neutralino spectrum in top-down models of UHECR

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 101-111

  Ibarra, Alejandro ^a   Toldrà, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High Energy Cosmic Rays; QCD; Supersymmetric Standard Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044433950     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/06/006     Document Type: Article

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