Interacting dark matter contribution to the galactic 511 keV gamma ray emission: Constraining the morphology with INTEGRAL/SPI observations

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Vincent, Aaron C ^a   Martin, Pierrick ^b   Cline, James M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

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EID: 84860120482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/04/022     Document Type: Article

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