Higher-order QCD predictions for dark matter production at the LHC in simplified models with s-channel mediators

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Backović, Mihailo ^a   Krämer, Michael ^b   Maltoni, Fabio ^a   Martini, Antony ^a   Mawatari, Kentarou ^c   Pellen, Mathieu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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EID: 84943608271     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: 14346052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3700-6     Document Type: Article

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