Cautionary tale of mismeasured tails from q /g bias

Physical Review D

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Martin, Adam ^a   Roy, Tuhin S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84978372350     PISSN: 24700010     EISSN: 24700029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.014003     Document Type: Article

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