Neutrino signals from electroweak bremsstrahlung in solar WIMP annihilation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Bell, Nicole F ^a   Brennan, Amelia J ^a   Jacques, Thomas D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dark matter experiments; dark matter theory; neutrino detectors; neutrino properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868249703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/10/045     Document Type: Article

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