Axion mediation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Baryakhtar, Masha ^a   Hardy, Edward ^b   March Russell, John ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Supersymmetry Phenomenology

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EID: 84881253900     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2013)096     Document Type: Article

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