Implications for new physics from fine-tuning arguments 1. Application to SUSY and seesaw cases

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1449-1469

  Casas, J Alberto ^a   Espinosa, José R ^a   Hidalgo, Irene ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; Neutrino Physics; Supersymmetric Standard Model

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EID: 23044447705     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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