Detecting dark matter WIMPs in the Draco dwarf: a multi-wavelength perspective
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Sergio Colafrancesco, ∗ Stefano Profumo, † and Piero Ullio ‡ INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, via Frascati 33, I-00040 Monteporzio, Italy and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma 2, I-00133 Roma, Italy Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Mail Code 106-38, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Via Beirut 2-4, I-34014 Trieste, Italy and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste, I-34014 Trieste, Italy
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