SUSY resonances from UHE neutralinos in neutrino telescopes and in the sky

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 9, 2005, Pages 115-140

  Datta, Anindya ^a   Fargion, Daniele ^a   Mele, Barbara ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

High Energy Cosmic Rays; Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes; Supersymmetry Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 26044455622     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/09/007     Document Type: Article

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