Light stop decays into Wbχ10 near the kinematic threshold

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 747, Issue , 2015, Pages 144-151

  Gröber, Ramona ^a   Mühlleitner, Margarete ^b   Popenda, Eva ^c   Wlotzka, Alexander ^b  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84934882098     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2015.05.060     Document Type: Article

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