Genetic algorithms and experimental discrimination of SUSY models

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1717-1738

  Allanach, Benjamin C ^a   Grellscheid, David ^b   Quevedo, Fernando ^c  

^a LAPTH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; Supersymmetry Breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044501233     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/07/069     Document Type: Article

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