Bayesian selection of sign μ within mSUGRA in global fits including WMAP5 results

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Feroz, Farhan ^a   Allanach, Benjamin C ^b   Hobson, Mike ^a   Abdussalam, Shehu S ^b   Trotta, Roberto ^c   Weber, Arne M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Supersymmetric standard model; Supersymmetry phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149311279     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/10/064     Document Type: Article

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