The rational parts of one-loop QCD amplitudes I: The general formalism

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 758, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-34

  Xiao, Zhi Guang ^a,b   Yang, Gang ^b   Zhu, Chuan Jie ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 33750620007     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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