Bound-state formation for thermal relic dark matter and unitarity

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2014, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Von Harling, Benedict ^a   Petraki, Kalliopi ^b  

^a SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b NIKHEF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; Dark matter theory; Particle physics cosmology connection; Physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929145022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2014/12/033     Document Type: Article

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