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Title: The Fermi Galactic Center GeV excess and implications for dark matter

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Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC). High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
Contributing Organization:
The Fermi LAT Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515; 89233218CNA000001
OSTI ID:
1355726
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1565892
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-18-29818
Journal Information:
The Astrophysical Journal (Online), Vol. 840, Issue 1; ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 251 works
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