Optimized dark matter searches in deep observations of Segue 1 with MAGIC

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2014, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Aleksic J ^a   Ansoldi, S ^b   Antonelli, L A ^c   Antoranz, P ^d   Babic, A ^e   Bangale, P ^f   De Almeida, U Barres ^f   Barrio, J A ^g   González, J Becerra ^h,y,ah   Bednarek, W ⁱ   Berger, K ^h   Bernardini, E ^j   Biland, A ^k   Blanch, O ^a   Bock, R K ^f   Bonnefoy, S ^g   Bonnoli, G ^c   Borracci, F ^f   Bretz, T ^l,z   Carmona, E ^m   Carosi, A ^c   Fidalgo, D Carreto ^l   Colin, P ^f   Colombo, E ^h   Contreras, J L ^g   Cortina, J ^a   Covino, S ^c   Da Vela, P ^d   Dazzi, F ^f   De Angelis, A ^b   De Caneva, G ^j   De Lotto, B ^b   Mendez, C Delgado ^m   Doert, M ⁿ   Dominguez A ^o,aa   Prester, D Dominis ^e   Dorner, D ^l   Doro, M ^p   Einecke, S ⁿ   Eisenacher, D ^l   Elsaesser, D ^l   Farina, E ^q   Ferenc, D ^e   Fonseca, M V ^g   Font, L ^r   Frantzen, K ⁿ   Fruck, C ^f   López, R J García ^h   Garczarczyk, M ^j   Terrats, D Garrido ^r   Gaug, M ^r   Giavitto, G ^a   Godinovic N ^e   Muñoz, A González ^a   Gozzini, S R ^j   Hadasch, D ^s   Hayashida, M ^t   Herrero, A ^h   Hildebrand, D ^k   Hose, J ^f   Hrupec, D ^e   Idec, W ⁱ   Kadenius, V ^u   Kellermann, H ^f   Kodani, K ^t   Konno, Y ^t   Krause, J ^f   Kubo, H ^t   Kushida, J ^t   La Barbera, A ^c   Lelas, D ^e   Lewandowska, N ^l   Lindfors, E ^u,ab   Lombardi, S ^c   Lopez M ^g   Lopez Coto R ^a   Lopez Oramas A ^a   Lorenz, E ^f   Lozano, I ^g   Makariev, M ^v   Mallot, K ^j   Maneva, G ^v   Mankuzhiyil, N ^b   Mannheim, K ^l   Maraschi, L ^c   Marcote, B ^w   Mariotti, M ^p   Martinez M ^a   Mazin, D ^f   Menzel, U ^f   Meucci, M ^d   Miranda, J M ^d   Mirzoyan, R ^f   Moralejo, A ^a   Munar Adrover, P ^w   Nakajima, D ^t   Niedzwiecki, A ⁱ   Nilsson, K ^u,ab   Nishijima, K ^t   Nowak, N ^f   Orito, R ^t   Overkemping, A ⁿ   Paiano, S ^p   Palatiello, M ^b   Paneque, D ^f   Paoletti, R ^d   Paredes, J M ^w   Paredes Fortuny, X ^w   Partini, S ^d   Persic, M ^b,ac   Prada, F ^o,ad   Moroni, P G Prada ^x   Prandini, E ^p   Preziuso, S ^d   Puljak, I ^e   Reinthal, R ^u   Rhode, W ⁿ   Ribo M ^w   Rico, J ^a   Garcia, J Rodriguez ^f   Rugamer S ^l   Saggion, A ^p   Saito, T ^t   Saito, K ^t   Salvati, M ^c   Satalecka, K ^g   Scalzotto, V ^p   Scapin, V ^g   Schultz, C ^p   Schweizer, T ^f   Sillanpaa A ^u   Sitarek, J ^a   Snidaric, I ^e   Sobczynska, D ⁱ   Spanier, F ^l   Stamatescu, V ^a   Stamerra, A ^c   Steinbring, T ^l   Storz, J ^l   Sun, S ^f   Suric T ^e   Takalo, L ^u   Takami, H ^t   Tavecchio, F ^c   Temnikov, P ^v   Terzic T ^e   Tescaro, D ^h   Teshima, M ^f   Thaele, J ⁿ   Tibolla, O ^l   Torres, D F ^s   Toyama, T ^f   Treves, A ^q   Uellenbeck, M ⁿ   Vogler, P ^k   Wagner, R M ^f,ae   Zandanel, F ^o,af   Zanin, R ^w   Ibarra, A ^ag   more..

^a BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^h INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^j DESY   (Germany)

^k ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^m CIEMAT   (Spain)

ⁿ TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^o INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^p UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^r UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^s INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DE L ESPAI CSIC IEEC   (Spain)

^t KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^u UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^v INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY   (Bulgaria)

^w UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^x UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^y NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^z EPFL   (Switzerland)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ab Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO FINCA   (Finland)

^ac INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^ad CSIC   (Spain)

^ae STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^af UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^ag TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^ah University of Maryland   (United States)

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Author keywords

dark matter experiments; dwarfs galaxies; gamma ray experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897689806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2014/02/008     Document Type: Article

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