Photon-axion conversion in intergalactic magnetic fields and cosmological consequences

Lecture Notes in Physics

Volumn 741, Issue , 2008, Pages 115-134

  Mirizzi, Alessandro ^a   Raffelt, Georg G ^a   Serpico, Pasquale D ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 37449003387     PISSN: 00758450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73518-2_7     Document Type: Review

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