Dark matter vs. neutrinos: The effect of astrophysical uncertainties and timing information on the neutrino floor

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2015, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Davis, Jonathan H ^a  

^a INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Dark matter detectors; Dark matter theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943608744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2015/03/012     Document Type: Article

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