Unstable gravitino dark matter and neutrino flux

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Covi, Laura ^a   Grefe, Michael ^a   Ibarra, Alejandro ^b   Tran, David ^b  

^a DESY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 62649119130     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/01/029     Document Type: Article

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