Intense gamma-ray lines from hidden vector dark matter decay

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Arina, Chiara ^a   Hambye, Thomas ^a   Ibarra, Alejandro ^b   Weniger, Christoph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray theory; Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; Dark matter theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950245761     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/03/024     Document Type: Article

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