AMS-02 antiprotons, at last! Secondary astrophysical component and immediate implications for Dark Matter

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2015, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Giesen, Gaëlle ^a   Boudaud, Mathieu ^b   Génolini, Yoann ^b   Poulin, Vivian ^b,c   Cirelli, Marco ^a   Salati, Pierre ^b   Serpico, Pasquale D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cosmic ray experiments; cosmic ray theory; dark matter experiments; Dark matter theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944880944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2015/09/023     Document Type: Article

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