A subtraction scheme for computing QCD jet cross sections at NNLO: Regularization of doubly-real emissions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Somogyi, Gábor ^a   Trócsányi, Zoltán ^a   Del Duca, Vittorio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Jets; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947645408     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/01/070     Document Type: Article

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