Downward-going tau neutrinos as a new prospect of detecting dark matter

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Fornengo, N ^a   Niro, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Neutrino Physics; Solar and Atmospheric Neutrinos

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255160963     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2011)133     Document Type: Article

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