A simple explanation for DAMA with moderate channeling

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Feldstein, Brian ^a   Fitzpatrick, A Liam ^a   Katz, Emanuel ^a   Tweedie, Brock ^b  

^a Boston University ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark matter detectors; Dark matter theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950193025     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/03/029     Document Type: Article

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