Gluon-induced W-boson pair production at the LHC

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Binoth, Thomas ^a   Ciccolini, Mariano ^b   Kauer, Nikolas ^c   Krämer, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hadronic Colliders; Higgs Physics; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846180702     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/12/046     Document Type: Review

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