Survey of vector-like fermion extensions of the Standard Model and their phenomenological implications

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2014, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Ellis, Sebastian A R ^a   Godbole, Rohini M ^b   Gopalakrishna, Shrihari ^c   Wells, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; Higgs Physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907465225     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2014)130     Document Type: Article

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