Statistical coverage for supersymmetric parameter estimation: A case study with direct detection of dark matter

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Akrami, Yashar ^a   Savage, Christopher ^a   Scott, Pat ^a,b   Conrad, Jan ^a   Edsjö, Joakim ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cosmology of theories beyond the SM; dark matter experiments; dark matter theory; supersymmetry and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961236805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/07/002     Document Type: Review

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