Dark matter mini-halo around the compact objects: The formation, evolution and possible contribution to the cosmic ray electrons/positrons

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Yang, Rui Zhi ^a,b,c   Fan, Yi Zhong ^a,b   Waldman, Roni ^d   Chang, Jin ^a,b  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

dark matter simulations; neutron stars; white and brown dwarf

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856643490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/01/023     Document Type: Article

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