Multiple gamma lines from semi-annihilation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  D'Eramo, Francesco ^a,b,c   McCullough, Matthew ^c   Thaler, Jesse ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

dark matter theory; gamma ray theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877945404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/04/030     Document Type: Article

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