Using rates to measure mixed modulus-anomaly mediated supersymmetry breaking at the LHC

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Conley, J A ^a   Dreiner, H K ^a   Glaser, L ^b   Kramer M ^b   Tattersall, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Supersymmetry phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859616892     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2012)042     Document Type: Article

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