Enhanced gamma ray signals in cosmic proton-wimp collisions due to hadronization

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Chang, Spencer ^a   Gao, Yu ^a   Spannowsky, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

active galactic nuclei; dark matter theory; gamma ray theory; particle physics cosmology connection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870256858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/11/053     Document Type: Article

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