Light mixed sneutrinos as thermal dark matter

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Belanger G ^a   Kakizaki, M ^a   Kraml, S ^b   Parka, E K ^c   Pukhovd, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dark matter theory; Supersymmetry and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649856775     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/11/017     Document Type: Article

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