Dark matter CMB constraints and likelihoods for poor particle physicists

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Cline, James M ^a   Scott, Pat ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CMBR experiments; CMBR theory; dark matter experiments; dark matter theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875870641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/03/044     Document Type: Article

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