An A5 model of four lepton generations

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Chen, Chian Shu ^a,b   Kephar, Thomas W ^c   Yuan, Tzu Chiang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR THEORETICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Higgs physics; Neutrino physics; Quark masses and SM Parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053264030     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2011)015     Document Type: Article

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