New formalism for QCD parton showers

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1033-1063

  Gieseke, Stefan ^a   Stephens, Philip ^a   Webber, Bryan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Heavy Quarks Physics; Jets; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044458495     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/12/045     Document Type: Article

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