A Bayesian view of the current status of dark matter direct searches

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Arina, Chiara ^a   Hamann, Jan ^b   Wong, Yvonne Y Y ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

dark matter experiments; Dark matter theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053531082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/09/022     Document Type: Review

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