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Title: Searches for Physics Beyond the Standard Model and Triggering on Proton-Proton Collisions at 14 TEV LHC

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This document describes the work achieved under the OJI award received May 2008 by Peter Wittich as Principal Investigator. The proposal covers experimental particle physics project searching for physics beyond the standard model at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

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Research Org.:
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
OSTI Identifier:
1045792
Report Number(s):
DOE/08ER41558
TRN: US1204100
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-08ER41558
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; CERN; HADRONS; PHYSICS; STANDARD MODEL; CMS Trigger; CMS data taking

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Wittich, Peter. Searches for Physics Beyond the Standard Model and Triggering on Proton-Proton Collisions at 14 TEV LHC. United States: N. p., 2011. Web. doi:10.2172/1045792.
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title = {Searches for Physics Beyond the Standard Model and Triggering on Proton-Proton Collisions at 14 TEV LHC},
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abstractNote = {This document describes the work achieved under the OJI award received May 2008 by Peter Wittich as Principal Investigator. The proposal covers experimental particle physics project searching for physics beyond the standard model at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organization for Nuclear Research.},
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year = {Fri Oct 14 00:00:00 EDT 2011},
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