Top quark physics at the LHC: A review of the first two years

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Schilling, Frank Peter ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ATLAS; CMS; LHC; Top quark

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862849916     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X12300165     Document Type: Review

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