LHC and Tevatron bounds on the dark matter direct detection cross-section for vector mediators

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Frandsen, Mads T ^a   Kahlhoefer, Felix ^a   Preston, Anthony ^a   Sarkar, Subir ^a   Schmidt Hoberg, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; Cosmology of theories beyond the SM

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EID: 84864486760     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2012)123     Document Type: Article

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