A shift symmetry in the Higgs sector: Experimental hints and stringy realizations

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Hebecker, Arthur ^a   Knochel, Alexander K ^a   Weigand, Timo ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

F theory; GUT; Higgs physics; Supersymmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864243462     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2012)093     Document Type: Article

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