Cornering light stops with dileptonic mT2

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Kilic, Can ^a   Tweedie, Brock ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin ^*  (United States)

^b Boston University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Supersymmetry Phenomenology

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EID: 84928235284     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2013)110     Document Type: Article

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