Evidence for the direct decay of the 125 GeV Higgs boson to fermions

Nature Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 557-560

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COLLIDING BEAM ACCELERATORS; COUPLINGS; FERMIONS; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLENOIDS;

COMPACT MUON SOLENOIDS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; ELECTROWEAK SYMMETRY BREAKING; HIGGS BOSON DECAY; LARGE HADRON COLLIDER; QUANTUM NUMBERS; STANDARD DEVIATION; THE STANDARD MODEL;

BOSONS;

EID: 84905465964     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3005     Document Type: Article

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