Interference effects for H → WW/ZZ → ℓν ℓℓνℓ searches in gluon fusion at the LHC

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Kauer, Nikolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hadron Hadron Scattering; Higgs physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896325376     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP12(2013)082     Document Type: Article

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