Dark Higgs models at the 7 TeV LHC

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Weihs, Erich ^a   Zurita, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Higgs physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857815392     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2012)041     Document Type: Article

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