Constraints on dark matter annihilation from CMB observations before Planck

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Lopez Honorez, Laura ^a   Mena, Olga ^b   Palomares Ruiz, Sergio ^b,c   Vincent, Aaron C ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL SOLVAY INSTITUTES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

CMBR theory; dark matter theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883021086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/07/046     Document Type: Article

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