Scrutinizing the Higgs signal and background in the 2e2μ golden channel

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Yi ^a   Tran, Nhan ^b   Vega Morales, Roberto ^b,c  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Higgs Physics; Standard Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873296450     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2013)182     Document Type: Article

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