RECO level √smin and subsystem √smin min: Improved global inclusive variables for measuring the new physics mass scale in ET events at hadron colliders

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Konar, Partha ^a,b   Kong, Kyoungchul ^c,d   Matchev, Konstantin T ^a   Park, Myeonghun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; Jets; Standard Model; Supersymmetric Standard Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053108866     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2011)041     Document Type: Review

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