Stability of the CMSSM against sfermion VEVs

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Camargo Molina, J E ^a   O'Leary B ^a   Porod, W ^a   Staub, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Supersymmetry phenomenology

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EID: 84896350473     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP12(2013)103     Document Type: Article

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