Axions: Bose Einstein condensate or classical field?

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 101-107

  Davidson, Sacha ^a,b,c  

^a IPNL CNRS/IN2P3 ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Axions; Dark matter; Structure formation

Indexed keywords

BOSONS; GALAXIES; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

AXIONS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; CLASSICAL FIELDS; DARK MATTER; GRAVITATIONAL INTERACTION; LARGE SCALE STRUCTURES; STRUCTURE FORMATIONS;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION;

EID: 84920382344     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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