Limits on SUSY particle spectra from proton stability and dark matter constraints

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 437, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 344-350

  Arnowitt, R ^a   Nath, Pran ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0013195531     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00931-9     Document Type: Article

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