Matching matrix elements and parton showers with HERWIG and PYTHIA

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 899-946

  Mrenna, Stephen ^a,b   Richardson, Peter ^c  

^a FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Jets; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044504079     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/05/040     Document Type: Article

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