The stransverse mass, MT2, in special cases

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Lester, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Supersymmetry phenomenology

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EID: 80053135892     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2011)076     Document Type: Article

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