Conformal completion of the standard model with a fourth generation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Ho, Chiu Man ^a   Hung, Pham Q ^b   Kephart, Thomas W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; GUT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864340336     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2012)045     Document Type: Article

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