Z' signals in polarised top-antitop final states

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Basso, L ^a   Mimasu, K ^b   Moretti, S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Rutherford Appleton Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Heavy quark physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866853418     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2012)024     Document Type: Article

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