Exotic Q = - 1/3 quark signatures at high-energy hadron colliders

Physical Review D

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Andre, Troy C ^a   Rosner, Jonathan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 1642387798     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.69.035009     Document Type: Article

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