Four-generation low energy supersymmetry with a light top quark

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 472, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 55-78

  Carena, M ^a   Haber, H E ^a,b   Wagner, C E M ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

Author keywords

Fermion masses; Four generations; Precision measurements; Supersymmetry; Top quark properties; Unification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030597903     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(96)00257-X     Document Type: Article

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