Observation of single top quark production at the tevatron collider

Modern Physics Letters A

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 309-339

  Heinson, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroweak production; Single top quarks; Tevatron collider

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951557840     PISSN: 02177323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217732310032871     Document Type: Article

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