The Minimal Scale Invariant extension of the Standard Model

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Alexander Nunneley, Lisa ^a   Pilaftsis, Apostolos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; Higgs physics; Neutrino physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649703551     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2010)021     Document Type: Article

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