Mapping monojet constraints onto simplified dark matter models

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2015, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Jacques, Thomas ^a   Nordström, Karl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo Simulations; Phenomenological Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84932606717     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2015)142     Document Type: Article

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