Constraints on light WIMP candidates from the isotropic diffuse gamma-ray emission

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Arina, Chiara ^a   Tytgat, Michel H G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dark matter experiments; Dark matter theory; Gamma ray experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551657871     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/01/011     Document Type: Article

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