Constraints on Dark Matter annihilations from reionization and heating of the intergalactic gas

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Cirelli, Marco ^a   Iocco, Fabio ^a,b   Panci, Paolo ^a,c,d  

^a DIF   (France)

^b INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Dark matter detectors; Dark matter theory; Reionization

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350653767     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/10/009     Document Type: Article

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