SModelS: A tool for interpreting simplified-model results from the LHC and its application to supersymmetry

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1-23

  Kraml, Sabine ^a   Kulkarni, Suchita ^a   Laa, Ursula ^b   Lessa, Andre ^c   Magerl, Wolfgang ^b   Proschofsky Spindler, Doris ^b   Waltenberger, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b INSTITUT FÜR HOCHENERGIEPHYSIK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 84901565974     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: 14346052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-2868-5     Document Type: Article

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