MadGraph/MadEvent v4: The new web generation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Alwall, Johan ^a   Demin, Pavel ^b   De Visscher, Simon ^b   Frederix, Rikkert ^b   Herquet, Michel ^b   Maltoni, Fabio ^b   Plehn, Tilman ^c   Rainwater, David L ^d   Stelzer, Tim ^e  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Hadronic colliders; Standard model

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948857380     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/09/028     Document Type: Article

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