MicrOMEGAs-3: A program for calculating dark matter observables

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 960-985

  Belanger G ^a   Boudjema, F ^a   Pukhov, A ^b   Semenov, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Dark matter; Indirect detection; MSSM; Relic density

Indexed keywords

ANNIHILATION CROSS SECTIONS; BEYOND STANDARD MODELS; DARK MATTER; EFFECTIVE OPERATOR; INDIRECT DETECTION; MSSM; NEUTRINO TELESCOPES; THE STANDARD MODEL; MICROMEGAS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; COUPLINGS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; THERMODYNAMICS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 84893765868     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2013.10.016     Document Type: Article

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