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Title: A search for high-mass resonances decaying to tau(+)tau(-) in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Journal Article · · JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0012704
OSTI ID:
1214103
Report Number(s):
BNL-108369-2015-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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