Sensitivity of LHC experiments to exotic highly ionising particles

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1-18

  de Roeck, A ^a,b,c   Katre, A ^d   Mermod, P ^d,e   Milstead, D ^f   Sloan, T ^g  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84859895182     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: 14346052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-1985-2     Document Type: Article

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