Composite Higgs search at the LHC

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Espinosa, J R ^a,b   Grojean, C ^b,c   Muhlleitner M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Hadronic colliders; Higgs physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955006725     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2010)065     Document Type: Article

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