Simulation of QED radiation in particle decays using the YFS formalism

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Hamilton, Keith ^a   Richardson, Peter ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic Processes and Properties; LEP HERA and SLC Physics; Weak Decays

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748761649     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/07/010     Document Type: Article

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