Distinguishing spins at the LHC using bound state signals

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Kahawala, Dilani ^a   Kats, Yevgeny ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; Hadronic Colliders; Heavy Quark Physics; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053139354     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2011)099     Document Type: Article

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