Two-loop splitting functions in QCD

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 941-978

  Badger, Simon D ^a   Glover, E W Nigel ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jets; NLO Computations; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044444019     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/07/040     Document Type: Article

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