LHC signatures of a minimal supersymmetric hidden valley

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Chan, Yuk Fung ^a,b   Low, Matthew ^b,c   Morrissey, David E ^b   Spray, Andrew P ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRIUMF   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Supersymmetry phenomenology

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EID: 84861899474     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2012)155     Document Type: Article

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