Distinguishing spins in decay chains with photons at the Large Hadron Collider

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Ehrenfeld, Wolfgang ^a   Freitas, Ayres ^b   Landwehr, Ananda ^c,d   Wyler, Daniel ^c  

^a DESY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Phenomenology of large extra dimensions; Supersymmetry phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350031082     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/07/056     Document Type: Article

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