A Review of the Mass Measurement Techniques proposed for the Large Hadron Collider

Abstract

We review the methods which have been proposed for measuring masses of new particles at the Large Hadron Collider paying particular attention to the kinematical techniques suitable for extracting mass information when invisible particles are expected.

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