Multivariate discrimination and the Higgs+W/Z search

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Gallicchio, Jason ^a   Huth, John ^a   Kagan, Michael ^a   Schwartz, Matthew D ^a   Black, Kevin ^b   Tweedie, Brock ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston Univeristy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hadronic colliders; Higgs physics; Jets

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053239671     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2011)069     Document Type: Article

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