Neutralino versus axion/axino cold dark matter in the 19 parameter SUGRA model

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Baer, Howard ^a   Box, Andrew D ^a   Summy, Heaya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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Supersymmetry phenomenology

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EID: 78649706739     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2010)023     Document Type: Article

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