Higgs quantum numbers in weak boson fusion

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Englert, Christoph ^a   Gonçalves Netto, Dorival ^b   Mawatari, Kentarou ^c   Plehn, Tilman ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hadronic Colliders; Phenomenological Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873307887     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2013)148     Document Type: Article

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