Challenges of profile likelihood evaluation in multi-dimensional SUSY scans

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Feroz, Farhan ^a   Cranmer, Kyle ^b   Hobson, Mike ^a   De Austric, Roberto Ruiz ^c   Trottad, Roberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Supersymmetry Phenomenology

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EID: 79961228559     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2011)042     Document Type: Article

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