Mono-X versus direct searches: simplified models for dark matter at the LHC

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2017, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Liew, Seng Pei ^a   Papucci, Michele ^b,c   Vichi, Alessandro ^d   Zurek, Kathryn M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Phenomenological Models

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EID: 85021104802     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2017)082     Document Type: Article

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