Topological analysis of the top quark signal and background at hadron colliders

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 5685-5697

  Field, R D ^a   Kanev, Y ^a   Tayebnejad, M ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

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EID: 0642302283     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.55.5685     Document Type: Article

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