The impact of priors and observables on parameter inferences in the constrained MSSM

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Trotta, Roberto ^a,b   Feroz, Farhan ^c   Hobson, Mike ^c   Roszkowski, Leszek ^d   De Austri, Roberto Ruiz ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Supersymmetry Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649103178     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/12/024     Document Type: Article

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