Resonant top pair searches at the LHC: A window to the electroweak phase transition

Gonçalves, Dorival; Kaladharan, Ajay; Wu, Yongcheng

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.107.075040

Title: Resonant top pair searches at the LHC: A window to the electroweak phase transition

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