Explaining the tt̄ forward-backward asymmetry from a GUT-inspired model

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Stone, David C ^a   Uttayarat, Patipan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; GUT; Heavy Quark Physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857275910     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2012)096     Document Type: Article

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