Searching for dark matter subhalos in the Fermi-LAT second source catalog

Belikov, Alexander V.; Buckley, Matthew R.; Hooper, Dan

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.86.043504

Title: Searching for dark matter subhalos in the Fermi-LAT second source catalog

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Authors:: Belikov, Alexander V.; Buckley, Matthew R.; Hooper, Dan

Publication Date:: 2012-08-02

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1103058

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review D

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 86; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1550-7998

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Belikov, Alexander V., Buckley, Matthew R., and Hooper, Dan. Searching for dark matter subhalos in the Fermi-LAT second source catalog.  United States: N. p., 2012. 
Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.86.043504.

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                    Belikov, Alexander V., Buckley, Matthew R., & Hooper, Dan. Searching for dark matter subhalos in the Fermi-LAT second source catalog.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.043504

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                    Belikov, Alexander V., Buckley, Matthew R., and Hooper, Dan. Thu .  
"Searching for dark matter subhalos in the Fermi-LAT second source catalog".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.043504.

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  title        = {Searching for dark matter subhalos in the Fermi-LAT second source catalog},

  author       = {Belikov, Alexander V. and Buckley, Matthew R. and Hooper, Dan},

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