Absolute electron and positron fluxes from PAMELA/Fermi and dark matter

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Balzs, C ^a   Sahu, N ^b   Mazumdar, A ^b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dark matter theory; Physics of the early universe; Ultra high energy cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350623473     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/07/039     Document Type: Article

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