Diffuse gamma-ray constraints on dark matter revisited I: The impact of subhalos

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Blanchet, Steve ^a   Lavalle, Julien ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

Author keywords

cosmic ray theory; dark matter theory; gamma ray theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870260031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/11/021     Document Type: Article

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