Decaying dark matter can explain the e± excesses

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Nardi, Enrico ^a,b   Sannino, Francesco ^c   Strumia, Alessandro ^d  

^a INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Dark matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649092103     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/01/043     Document Type: Article

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