Search for a neutral Higgs boson with WH/ZH, H → γγ channel with the CMS detector at the LHC

Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Lethuillier, M ^a   Ravat, O ^a   Agram, J L ^a   Baty, C ^a   Gascon Shotkin, S ^a   Perries S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

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EID: 33947424433     PISSN: 09543899     EISSN: 13616471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0954-3899/34/4/N01     Document Type: Article

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