Vector-boson production of light Higgs pairs in 2-Higgs doublet models

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Moretti, M ^a   Moretti, S ^b   Piccinini, F ^c   Pittau, R ^d,e   Rathsman, J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; Hadronic Colliders; Higgs Physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049058798     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/12/075     Document Type: Article

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