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A search for neutral Higgs bosons in the MSSM and models with two scalar field doublets. / OPAL Collaboration.
In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol. 5, No. 1, 08.1998, p. 19-40.

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OPAL Collaboration 1998, 'A search for neutral Higgs bosons in the MSSM and models with two scalar field doublets', European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 19-40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100529800931

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OPAL Collaboration (1998). A search for neutral Higgs bosons in the MSSM and models with two scalar field doublets. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 5(1), 19-40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100529800931

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OPAL Collaboration. A search for neutral Higgs bosons in the MSSM and models with two scalar field doublets. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields. 1998 Aug;5(1):19-40. doi: 10.1007/s100529800931

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OPAL Collaboration. / A search for neutral Higgs bosons in the MSSM and models with two scalar field doublets. In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields. 1998 ; Vol. 5, No. 1. pp. 19-40.

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