Dark matter signals from Draco and Willman 1: Prospects for MAGIC II and CTA

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Bringmann, Torsten ^a   Doro, Michele ^b   Fornasa, Mattia ^b,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Dark matter; Dark matter detectors; Dwarfs galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649096169     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/01/016     Document Type: Article

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