Vector boson fusion searches for dark matter at the LHC

Physical Review D

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Brooke, James ^a   Buckley, Matthew R ^b   Dunne, Patrick ^c   Penning, Bjoern ^c   Tamanas, John ^b   Zgubič, Miha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84976406879     PISSN: 24700010     EISSN: 24700029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.113013     Document Type: Article

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