A collider signature of the supersymmetric golden region

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Perelstein, Maxim ^a   Spethmann, Christian ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Supersymmetric standard model; Supersymmetry phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247892348     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/04/070     Document Type: Article

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