The MHV Lagrangian for a spontaneously broken gauge theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Buchta, Sebastian ^a   Weinzierl, Stefan ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Spontaneous symmetry breaking; Standard model

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649690482     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2010)071     Document Type: Article

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