Standard model backgrounds to supersymmetry searches

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 373-387

  Mangano, Michelangelo L ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 60649092101     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: 14346052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-008-0757-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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