Towards a realistic astrophysical interpretation of the gamma-ray Galactic center excess

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2015, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Gaggero, Daniele ^a,b   Taoso, Marco ^c   Urbano, Alfredo ^a,b   Valli, Mauro ^a,b   Ullio, Piero ^a,b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

cosmic ray experiments; cosmic ray theory; gamma ray experiments; gamma ray theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953855456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2015/12/056     Document Type: Article

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