Constraints on Z′ models from LHC dijet searches and implications for dark matter

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2016, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Fairbairn, Malcolm ^a   Heal, John ^a   Kahlhoefer, Felix ^b   Tunney, Patrick ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986607533     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2016)018     Document Type: Article

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