Axion-Higgs unification

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Redi, Michele ^a,b   Strumia, Alessandro ^c,d  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS   (Estonia)

Author keywords

CP violation; Technicolor and composite models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870320256     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2012)103     Document Type: Article

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