Discovering the constrained NMSSM with tau leptons at the LHC

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ellwanger, Ulrich ^a   Florent, Alice ^b   Zerwas, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Supersymmetry phenomenology

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EID: 80053156614     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2011)103     Document Type: Article

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