A review of the mass measurement techniques proposed for the Large Hadron Collider

Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Barr, Alan J ^a   Lester, Christopher G ^b  

^a Denys Wilkinson Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78649697302     PISSN: 09543899     EISSN: 13616471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0954-3899/37/12/123001     Document Type: Review

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