LHC predictions from a tevatron anomaly in the top quark forward-backward asymmetry

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Bai, Yang ^a   Hewett, Joanne L ^a   Kaplan, Jared ^a   Rizzo, Thomas G ^a  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Heavy quark physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053104170     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2011)003     Document Type: Article

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