NLO corrections to squark-squark production and decay at the LHC

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Hollik, W ^a   Lindert, J M ^a   Pagani, D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

NLO Computations; Supersymmetry Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876203893     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2013)139     Document Type: Article

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