Markov chain Monte Carlo exploration of minimal supergravity with implications for dark matter

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2017-2033

  Baltz, Edward A ^a   Gondolo, Paolo ^b  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Supersymmetry Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044505244     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/10/052     Document Type: Article

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