The Higgs-boson lineshape

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 864, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 530-579

  Goria, Stefano ^a,b   Passarino, Giampiero ^a,b   Rosco, Dario ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Feynman diagrams; Higgs physics; Loop calculations; Radiative corrections

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864770185     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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