Thin disk of co-rotating dwarfs: A fingerprint of dissipative (mirror) dark matter?

Physics of the Dark Universe

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 163-165

  Foot, R ^a   Silagadze, Z K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BUDKER INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dark matter; Hidden sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959852032     PISSN: 22126864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dark.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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