Standard Model Higgs discovery potential of CMS in the H → WW → ℓνℓν channel

Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Davatz, G ^a   Dittmar, M ^a   Giolo Nicollerat, A S ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 33947662966     PISSN: 09543899     EISSN: 13616471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0954-3899/34/3/N03     Document Type: Article

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