Rare Z-decay into light CP-odd Higgs bosons: A comparative study in different new physics models

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Cao, Junjie ^a   Heng, Zhaoxia ^b   Yang, Jin Min ^b  

^a HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Rare decays

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649699985     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2010)110     Document Type: Article

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