On the likely dominance of WIMP annihilation to f̄f+W/Z (and implication for indirect detection)

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1534, Issue , 2013, Pages 165-177

  Weiler, Thomas J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark matter; Electroweak bremsstrahlung; Majorana fermion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878778865     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4807354     Document Type: Conference Paper

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