Enhanced neutrino signals from dark matter annihilation in the Sun via metastable mediators

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Bell, Nicole F ^a   Petraki, Kalliopi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

dark matter detectors; dark matter theory; neutrino astronomy; ultra high energy photons and neutrinos

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955631431     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/04/003     Document Type: Article

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