Model-independent bounds on a light Higgs

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Azatov, Aleksandr ^a   Contino, Roberto ^a   Galloway, Jamison ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Higgs physics; Quark masses and SM parameters; Technicolor and composite models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860678871     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2012)127     Document Type: Article

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