Flavor changing neutral currents involving heavy quarks with four generations

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Arhrib, Abdesslam ^a,b   Hou, Wei Shu ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR THEORETICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; CP violation; Heavy Quark Physics; Rare Decays

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748313978     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/07/009     Document Type: Article

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