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Four Statements about the Fourth Generation

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-12-17 v2

Abstract

This summary of the Workshop "Beyond the 3-generation SM in the LHC era" presents a brief discussion of the following four statements about the fourth generation: 1) It is not excluded by EW precision data; 2) It addresses some of the currently open questions; 3) It can accommodate emerging possible hints of new physics; 4) LHC has the potential to discover or fully exclude it.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0904.4698,
  title  = {Four Statements about the Fourth Generation},
  author = {B. Holdom and W. S. Hou and T. Hurth and M. L. Mangano and S. Sultansoy and G. Unel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.4698},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Summary of the "Beyond the 3-generation SM in the LHC era" Workshop, CERN, September 4-5, 2008; 7 pages. V2: updated bibliography and minor typos fixed. To appear in PMC Physics A

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