Light stop decay in the MSSM with minimal flavour violation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Muhlleitner M ^a   Popenda, E ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Supersymmetry phenomenology

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EID: 80053135714     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2011)095     Document Type: Article

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