Production of light Higgs pairs in 2-Higgs doublet models via the Higgs-strahlung process at the LHC

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Moretti, M ^a,b   Moretti, S ^c,d   Piccinini, F ^e   Pittau, R ^f   Rathsman, J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Hadronic colliders; Higgs physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649759844     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2010)097     Document Type: Article

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