Matching NLO QCD computations with parton shower simulations: The POWHEG method

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Frixione, Stefano ^a   Nason, Paolo ^b   Oleari, Carlo ^b  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hadronic colliders; NLO computations; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849007532     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/11/070     Document Type: Article

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