Hidden gauginos of an unbroken U(1): Cosmological constraints and phenomenological prospects

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Ibarra, A ^a,b   Ringwald, A ^b   Weniger, C ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Big bang nucleosynthesis; Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; Dark matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649167801     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/01/003     Document Type: Article

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