Qcd matrix elements + parton showers

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1-21

  Catani, Stefano ^a   Krauss, Frank ^b   Webber, Bryan R ^c   Kuhn, Ralf ^d  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Jets; LEP HERA and SLC Physics; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744752123     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/11/063     Document Type: Article

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