Cross section ratios between different CM energies at the LHC: Opportunities for precision measurements and BSM sensitivity

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Mangano, Michelangelo L ^a   Rojo, Juan ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hadronic Colliders; QCD Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865096898     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2012)010     Document Type: Article

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