Naturally speaking: The naturalness criterion and physics at the LHC

Perspectives on LHC Physics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 155-178

  Giudice, Gian Francesco ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84979942276     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812779762_0010     Document Type: Chapter

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