Matching matrix elements and shower evolution for top-pair production in hadronic collisions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Mangano, Michelangelo L ^a   Moretti, Mauro ^b   Piccinini, Fulvio ^c   Treccani, Michele ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hadronic colliders; Heavy quark physics; Jets; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947676912     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/01/013     Document Type: Article

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