A new determination of the extragalactic background of diffuse gamma rays taking into account dark matter annihilation

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 470, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-66

  De Boer, W ^a   Nordt, A ^a   Sander, C ^a   Zhukov, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dark matter; Diffuse radiation; Gamma rays: observations

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CHARGED PARTICLES; GALAXIES; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DARK MATTER ANNIHILATION (DMA); EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND (EGB); GALACTIC MODEL;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 34547206115     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20054613     Document Type: Article

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