ATLAS sensitivity to top quark and W boson polarization in tt̄ events

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2005, Pages 13-33

  Hubaut, F ^a   Monnier, E ^a   Pralavorio, P ^a   Smolek, K ^b   Simak, V ^c,d  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 30944438346     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjcd/s2005-02-009-9     Document Type: Article

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