Illuminating the 130 GeV gamma line with continuum photons

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Cohen, Timothy ^a   Lisanti, Mariangela ^b   Slatyer, Tracy R ^c   Wacker, Jay G ^a  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868275078     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2012)134     Document Type: Article

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