Test of analysis method for top-antitop production and decay events

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 455, Issue 1988, 1999, Pages 2803-2834

  Dalitz, R H ^a,b   Goldstein, Gary R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dilepton top antitop events; Simulating top production; Testing top antitop analysis; Top data analysis; Top quark mass; Top antitop pair decays

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746409028     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1999.0428     Document Type: Article

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