Bigger, better, faster, more at the LHC

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Izaguirre, Eder ^a   Manhart, Michael ^b   Wacker, Jay G ^a  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Phenomenological models; Supersymmetry phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650245054     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP12(2010)030     Document Type: Article

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