Complete initial state QED corrections to off-shell gauge boson pair production in e+e- annihilation

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 477, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-58

  Bardin, Dima ^a,b   Lehner, Dietrich ^a,c   Riemann, Tord ^a  

^a DESY   (Germany)

^b JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

e+e annihilation; Electromagnetic corrections; Four fermion production; Heavy gauge boson production

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030573956     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(96)00354-9     Document Type: Article

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