The determination of the helicity of W′ boson couplings at the LHC*

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Rizzo, Thomas G ^a  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

GUT; Large extra dimensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547584899     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/05/037     Document Type: Article

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