Millisecond pulsars and the Galactic Center gamma-ray excess: The importance of luminosity function and secondary emission

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2015, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Petrović, Jovana ^a,b   Serpico, Pasquale D ^c   Zaharijas, Gabrijela ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

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

^f SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

dark matter experiments; gamma ray experiments; gamma ray theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923652656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2015/02/023     Document Type: Article

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