New constraints from PAMELA anti-proton data on annihilating and decaying dark matter

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Cholis, Ilias ^a,b,c  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cosmic ray theory; Dark matter theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053483091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/09/007     Document Type: Article

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