Axion-like particle effects on the polarization of cosmic high-energy gamma sources

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Bassan, Nicola ^a   Mirizzi, Alessandro ^b   Roncadelli, Marco ^c  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axions; Gamma ray burst experiments; Gamma ray bursts theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952866767     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/05/010     Document Type: Article

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