W+jets matrix elements and the dipole cascade

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1331-1360

  Lavesson, Nils ^a   Lönnblad, Leif ^a  

^a Dept of Theoretical Physics ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Jets; Parton Model; Phenomenological Models; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844456940     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/07/054     Document Type: Article

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