Constraining dark sectors at colliders: Beyond the effective theory approach

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Harris, Philip ^a   Khoze, Valentin V ^b   Spannowsky, Michael ^b   Williams, Ciaran ^c,d  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 84924386305     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.055009     Document Type: Article

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