Dark matter direct-detection experiments

Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Undagoitia, Teresa Marrodán ^a   Rauch, Ludwig ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

dark matter; dark matter searches; direct detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951731682     PISSN: 09543899     EISSN: 13616471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0954-3899/43/1/013001     Document Type: Review

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