Search for W - greater than tb - greater than qqbb decays in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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:10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3372-2

Title: Search for W - greater than tb - greater than qqbb decays in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Journal Article · Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3372-2· OSTI ID:1210185

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 Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: DE-SC00112704

OSTI ID:: 1210185

Report Number(s):: BNL-108245-2015-JA; KA1101021

Journal Information:: EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C, Journal Name: EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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