Model-independent combination of diphoton constraints at 750 GeV

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Kim, Jong Soo ^a   Rolbiecki, Krzysztof ^b   de Austri, Roberto Ruiz ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA TEÓRICA UAM CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

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EID: 85008473068     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: 14346052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4102-0     Document Type: Article

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