Vector boson scattering at the LHC: Counting experiments for unitarized models in a full six fermion approach

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Ballestrero, Alessandro ^a   Franzosi, Diogo Buarque ^a,b   Oggero, Luisa ^b,c   Maina, Ezio ^a,b  

^a SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Chiral lagrangians; Standard model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859575437     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2012)031     Document Type: Article

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