3.55 keV photon lines from axion to photon conversion in the Milky Way and M31

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2014, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Conlon, Joseph P ^a   Day, Francesca V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axions; Dark matter simulations; Dark matter theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914671346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2014/11/033     Document Type: Article

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