Axions as dark matter particles

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Duffy, Leanne D ^a,c   Van Bibber, Karl ^b,c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT STATUS; DARK MATTER; DARK MATTER PARTICLES; GALACTIC HALO; GOLDSTONE BOSONS; PARAMETER SPACES; STRONG CP PROBLEM;

BOSONS; COSMOLOGY; GALAXIES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 72149106437     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/10/105008     Document Type: Article

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