Non-thermal production of neutralino cold dark matter from cosmic string decays

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 1999, Pages

  Jeannerot, Rachel ^a   Zhang, Xinmin ^a,b,c   Brandenberger, Robert ^d  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b Technology   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmological phase transitions; Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; Dark matter; Physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646023399     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/1999/12/003     Document Type: Article

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