Galactic Center gamma-ray ''excess'' from an active past of the Galactic Centre?

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2014, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Petrovic, Jovana ^a   Serpico, Pasquale Dario ^b   Zaharijaš, Gabrijela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

dark matter experiments; gamma ray experiments; gamma ray theory; particle acceleration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908620414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2014/10/052     Document Type: Article

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