New constraints for heavy axion-like particles from supernovae

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Giannotti, M ^a   Duffy, L D ^b   Nita, R ^a  

^a BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core collapse supernovas; Gamma ray detectors; Gamma ray theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551658952     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/01/015     Document Type: Article

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