Higgs boson phenomenology in τ+τ- final states at the LHC

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Belyaev, Alexander ^a,b   Guedes, Renato ^a   Moretti, Stefano ^a,b,c   Santos, Rui ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Higgs physics; Standard Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856403483     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2010)051     Document Type: Article

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