Antiproton limits on decaying gravitino dark matter

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Delahaye, Timur ^a,b   Grefe, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

cosmic ray theory; cosmology of theories beyond the SM; dark matter theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891890750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/12/045     Document Type: Article

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