Dark matter direct search rates in simulations of the Milky Way and Sagittarius stream

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Purcell, Chris W ^a   Zentner, Andrew R ^a   Wang, Mei Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark matter detectors; Galaxy dynamics; Galaxy formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866293960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/08/027     Document Type: Article

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