AMEGIC++ 1.0 A matrix element generator in C++

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 961-1073

  Krauss, Frank ^a   Kuhn, Ralf ^b,c   Soff, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

Higgs Physics; LEP HERA and SLC Physics; QCD; Standard Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044456628     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/02/044     Document Type: Article

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