Indirect Dark Matter detection from Dwarf satellites: Joint expectations from astrophysics and supersymmetry

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Martinez, Gregory D ^a   Bullock, James S ^a   Kaplinghat, Manoj ^a   Strigari, Louis E ^b   Trotta, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dark matter theory; Dwarfs galaxies; Gamma ray detectors; Gamma ray theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350669711     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/06/014     Document Type: Article

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