Supersymmetric particle mass measurement with the boost-corrected contransverse mass

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Poleselloa, Giacomo ^a   Toveyb, Daniel R ^b  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Supersymmetry phenomenology

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EID: 77954893911     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2010)030     Document Type: Article

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