Comprehensive constraints on a spin-3/2 singlet particle as a dark matter candidate

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Ding, Ran ^a   Liao, Yi ^a   Liu, Ji Yuan ^b   Wang, Kai ^c  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; Dark matter theory; Particle physics cosmology connection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880654848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/05/028     Document Type: Article

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