Measuring the bottom-quark forward-central asymmetry at the LHC

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kahawala, Dilani ^a   Krohn, David ^a   Strassler, Matthew J ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

B Physics; Beyond Standard Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857345857     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2012)069     Document Type: Article

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