Neutralino-nucleon cross section and charge and colour breaking constraints

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 781-812

  Cerdeño, David G ^a   Gabrielli, Emidio ^b   Gomez, Mario E ^c   Muñoz, Carlos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b HELSINKI INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dark Matter; Supergravity Models; Supersymmetry Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 23144455945     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/06/030     Document Type: Article

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