Astrophysical uncertainties in the cosmic ray electron and positron spectrum from annihilating dark matter

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Simet, Melanie ^a   Hooper, Dan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NASA FERMILAB ASTROPHYSICS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray theory; Dark matter theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350651993     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/08/003     Document Type: Article

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