Same-sign tops: A powerful diagnostic test for models of new physics

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Atwood, David ^a   Gupta, Sudhir Kumar ^b   Soni, Amarjit ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; Phenomenological Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876399535     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2013)035     Document Type: Article

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