Numerical evaluation of loop integrals

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Anastasiou, Charalampos ^a   Daleo, Alejandro ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

NLO Computations; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846135117     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/10/031     Document Type: Review

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