Search for heavy Majorana neutrinos with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV

Aad, G.; Abbott, B.; Abdallah, J.; Khalek, S. Abdel; Abdinov, O.; Aben, R.; Abi, B.; Abolins, M.; AbouZeid, O. S.; Abramowicz, H.; Abreu, H.; Abreu, R.; Abulaiti, Y.; Acharya, B. S.; Adamczyk, L.; Adams, D. L.; Adelman, J.; Adomeit, S.; Adye, T.

doi:10.1007/JHEP07(2015)162

Title: Search for heavy Majorana neutrinos with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV

Journal Article · Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2015)162· OSTI ID:1214104

Aad, G.; Abbott, B.; Abdallah, J.; Khalek, S. Abdel; Abdinov, O.; Aben, R.; Abi, B.; Abolins, M.; AbouZeid, O. S.; Abramowicz, H.; Abreu, H.; Abreu, R.; Abulaiti, Y.; Acharya, B. S.; Adamczyk, L.; Adams, D. L.; Adelman, J.; Adomeit, S.; Adye, T.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: DE-SC00112704

OSTI ID:: 1214104

Report Number(s):: BNL-108370-2015-JA; KA1101021

Journal Information:: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, Journal Name: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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