Covariant description of flavor conversion in the LHC era

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Gedalia, Oram ^a   Mannelli, Lorenzo ^a   Perez, Gilad ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; CP violation; Rare decays

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649706035     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2010)046     Document Type: Article

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