Improving the sensitivity of Higgs boson searches in the golden channel

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Gainer, James S ^a,b   Kumar, Kunal ^b   Low, Ian ^a,b   Vega Morales, Roberto ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Higgs Physics; Standard Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255210577     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2011)027     Document Type: Article

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