Decaying dark atom constituents and cosmic positron excess

Advances in High Energy Physics

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Belotsky, K ^a,b   Khlopov, M ^a,b,c   Kouvaris, C ^d   Laletin, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY MEPHI   (Russian Federation)

^b KELDYSH INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; ELECTRONS; GALAXIES; GAMMA RAYS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

BOUND-STATES; COSMIC POSITRONS; DARK MATTER; DIRECT SEARCH; GAMMA-RAYS; HELIUM NUCLEI; METASTABLES; SMALL COMPONENTS; UNDERGROUND DETECTORS;

POSITRONS;

EID: 84899930404     PISSN: 16877357     EISSN: 16877365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/214258     Document Type: Article

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