Model-independent analysis of CERN LEP and SLAC SLD data on Z decays: Is the standard model confirmed?

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 1998, Pages

  Field, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 1542470824     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.58.093010     Document Type: Article

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