New polarimetric constraints on axion-like particles

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Payez, A ^a   Cudell, J R ^a   Hutsemekers D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

active galactic nuclei; Axions; extragalactic magnetic fields; superclusters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864487194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/07/041     Document Type: Article

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