Search for charged Higgs bosons in e+e- collisions at √s = 130-172 GeV

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

Volumn 426, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 180-192

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^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g CERN   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^k INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^m RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^p Bldg 142   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^r UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^s RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^t TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^u TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^v UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^w KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^x BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^y WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^z UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^ad DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ae WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^af INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH ATOMKI   (Hungary)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^ah TRIUMF   (Canada)

^ai Royal Society University Research Fellow   (United Kingdom)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^ak POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0347468789     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00360-8     Document Type: Article

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