A prole likelihood analysis of the constrained MSSM with genetic algorithms

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Akrami, Yashar ^a   Scott, Pat ^a   Edsjö, Joakim ^a   Conrad, Jan ^a   Bergström, Lars ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Supersymmetry Phenomenology

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EID: 77954894168     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2010)057     Document Type: Article

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