Leptonic dark matter annihilation in the evolving universe: Constraints and implications

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Yuan, Qiang ^a,e   Yue, Bin ^b,e   Bi, Xiao Jun ^a,c   Chen, Xuelei ^b,c   Zhang, Xinmin ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dark matter theory; Gamma ray theory; Recombination

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449303424     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/10/023     Document Type: Article

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