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Enhanced Dark Matter Annihilation Rate for Positron and Electron Excesses from Q-ball Decay

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Enhanced Dark Matter Annihilation Rate for Positron and Electron Excesses from Q-ball Decay. / McDonald, John.
In: Physical review letters, Vol. 103, No. 15, 151301, 06.10.2009.

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McDonald J. Enhanced Dark Matter Annihilation Rate for Positron and Electron Excesses from Q-ball Decay. Physical review letters. 2009 Oct 6;103(15):151301. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.151301

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