Dark matter identification with gamma rays from dwarf galaxies

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Perelstein, Maxim ^a   Shakya, Bibhushan ^a  

^a Newman Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark matter detectors; Dark matter experiments; Dark matter theory; Gamma ray detectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449276578     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/10/016     Document Type: Article

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