Stop reconstruction with tagged tops

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Plehn, Tilman ^a   Spannowsky, Michael ^b   Takeuchi, Michihisa ^a   Zerwas, Dirk ^c  

^a INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

Author keywords

QCD phenomenology; Supersymmetry phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649694025     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2010)078     Document Type: Article

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