Cosmic ray anomalies from the MSSM?

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Cotta, R C ^a   Conley, J A ^b   Gainer, J S ^c,d   Hewett, J L ^a   Rizzo, T G ^a  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Physikalisches Institut Bonn   (Germany)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; Supersymmetric standard model

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053135534     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2011)064     Document Type: Article

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