Top pair invariant mass distribution: A window on new physics

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Frederix, Rikkert ^a   Maltoni, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Hadronic colliders; Heavy quark physics; Phenomenological models

Indexed keywords

EID: 63649137036     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/01/047     Document Type: Article

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