Dark matter search with the CALET detector on-board ISS

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2032-2036

  Torii, S ^a   Yoshida, K ^b   Kasahara, K ^b   Tamura, T ^c   Chang, J ^d  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray electrons; Dark matter; Gamma rays; International Space Station

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; ELECTRONS; GAMMA RAYS; PROTONS;

CALORIMETRIC ELECTRON TELESCOPE; ENERGY SPECTRUM; HIGH-ENERGY RESOLUTION;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 43049157996     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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